If this is a vote, I'm voting "no open scoring." Forget the argument that: "It would've been good for this fight... or that fight." A rule's a rule. You either have it for ALL fights, or you don't have it at all. And when it works against a fight, it really sucks. And I'll tell you why:

Fans like to see fighters give their all until the final bell. It's bad enough when a fighter thinks he's winning... then blatantly coasts through the last three or four rounds. What happens if he KNOWS he's winning, say... a four-point lead with three rounds to go. Why should they even keep on fighting? Let's do like in chess, and have the guy on the losing end resign.

Point is... the suspense is not only good for the fans. It encourages the fighters to keep fighting until the end.

What I DO favor is making sure the scores after each round are locked in, with no possibility of tweaking or reconsidering after the fight. Too many times after a close fight, the collecting of the cards takes WAY too long. And when they finally read the results, it's almost always a convenient "draw." If I weren't so cynical, I might be OK with that. Scores from the previous 11 rounds (or 9, as the case may be), should already be tallied and tucked away, awaiting the judges scores for the last round. It shouldn't take a rocket scientist for this process to take only a few seconds.

So "NO" to open scoring, but I definitely think the scoring system can be improved overall.