boxing judges

[Spicoli]

What Emanuel Augustus fight did Teddy Atlas lose it when the judges score were announced?


One of the few times I agree with an atlas rant.

But you are right Walrus, this topic still burns us as fans.

Think that was the first fight with Courtney Burton. One of the worst jobs you'll see by a ref also. Teddy fookin blew up all over anything near and confronted commission official and judge Absolutely great tv. Say what you want about Atlas, the man oozes passion

[IamInuit]

Indeed. There are so many factors at play from outright stupidity to announcers yelling about punches that are not there within ear shot of these people. Sometimes its not just a matter of not knowing what a 10 point must system is based on but I'm convinced many dont really know what a scoring punch is. In addition some of the homer calls are simply off the charts. They either grabbed some person off a corner or the person was outright bought by a few days in a hotel with some benefits. One can only imagine what those benefits would be in higher profile fights.

The distractions at ringside need to be taken out of the equation to ensure focus at the task at hand. I think they should remove the judges from ringside and give them the same views that we get in separate sound proof booths if necessary. They need to punt open scoring to the curb in this process. Its just silly. They should also force many of these celebrity judges into retirement that seem to know where their supper hangs. Bring in actual boxing judges from other countries with shorter notice with names picked out of a hat.