How i score fights

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Firstly, let me just say that I have absolutely no problem scoring even rounds. For example in a close fight where there are a number of close rounds, I could easily score a couple or even a few 10-10 rounds.

IMO you gotta win a round by owning a specific margin of that round. Kinda like in British politics...

But yeah usually, I also split the round into three minute segments weighing things up as each 10 second segment passes by however, I always ascertain whether or not the fighter won each minute segment 'big' or not.

Then I use the full minute break to weigh things up.

[BIG H]

There are real flaws in the 10 point must system imo.

I mean a fighter could absolutely dominate 5 rounds, with the opponent hardly landing a punch. He could bruise and batter the guy and leave his face looking like HTH's girlfriend, doing everything except scoring a knock down. For this would get 50 points to 45. The opponent could, inturn win 7 rounds, each by virtue of landing 1 or 2 more punches in each of those highly competitive rounds and he would win the fight! He could in theory land 500 less punches in the duration of the fight (extreme example I know) and still win the fight!!

[HattonTheHammer]

There are real flaws in the 10 point must system imo.

I mean a fighter could absolutely dominate 5 rounds, with the opponent hardly landing a punch. He could bruise and batter the guy and leave his face looking like HTH's girlfriend, doing everything except scoring a knock down. For this would get 50 points to 45. The opponent could, inturn win 7 rounds, each by virtue of landing 1 or 2 more punches in each of those highly competitive rounds and he would win the fight! He could in theory land 500 less punches in the duration of the fight (extreme example I know) and still win the fight!!

i`ll have you know my dollys stubble covers up most of her bruises

[ross]

Get yourself a couple of clicker counters and hole one in each hand, then nominate a fighter to each hand and every time a legal scoring blow lands, click for the fighter that threw it.

This is amatuer boxing scoring, try it but only count punches that land on the legal scoring area and by the knuckle of the glove. Also, only score punches that are thrown with effort and not just arm punches like weak range finding jabs and youd be surprised at how low the landed punches are.

[Mar]

I like kellermans rule of who would you rather have been. As long as fights are judged by each round and not on the fight as a whole i have no complaints. It drives me crazy when a guy wins six rounds of a ten round fight and people want to give a guy the whole fight for making a comeback or winning the last four. Same with rounds where a guy gets the nod for having one or two big punches reguardless of the twenty or so he was hit with. Punches don't have to be hard they just have to land. It's boxing not ko'ing. Perfect example the famous second round of the floyd shane fight. Shane hit's floyd twice and was automatically given the round since we all hate floyd and it's so rare to see him hit at all. Shane was beat for two and a half of the minutes of that round yet......

[ross]

Punches don't have to be hard they just have to land. It's boxing not ko'ing.

Not on amatuer boxing at least. In the rule book it states a scoring punch is one that lands with force.

Little pitty pat jabs wont score even if they land clean. A flurry of light combination punches also wouldnt score. They have to land with force.

[CFH]

I like kellermans rule of who would you rather have been. As long as fights are judged by each round and not on the fight as a whole i have no complaints. It drives me crazy when a guy wins six rounds of a ten round fight and people want to give a guy the whole fight for making a comeback or winning the last four. Same with rounds where a guy gets the nod for having one or two big punches reguardless of the twenty or so he was hit with. Punches don't have to be hard they just have to land. It's boxing not ko'ing. Perfect example the famous second round of the floyd shane fight. Shane hit's floyd twice and was automatically given the round since we all hate floyd and it's so rare to see him hit at all. Shane was beat for two and a half of the minutes of that round yet......

I agree with most of what you say, but I have to disagree with the bolded part. Shane won the 2nd round because he badly hurt Floyd two times. IMO, that pretty much negates everything PBF had been doing up 'til that point. If he had also hurt Shane in the same round you might be able to make a case for him winning it.