Hardest Fights to Judge

[No Contest]

Trinidad/De LaHoya. After the first five rounds I seem to always have it 2-2-1, but usually with different guys winning different rounds.
Also, for years, just about any fight on HBO, since Lampley decides before hand who he wants to win and calls the fight that way. Watching them with no sound is often like watching another fight. Chavez-Taylor I is a good example of this.

I agree and hate listening to Lampley call fights. There will be an exchange where both fighters throw and land punches and he apparently only sees one land.....Al Bernstein is great at calling fights he doesnt play favorites. Nick Charles is pretty good as well. Also SRL vs Hagler was pretty close if I remember, I watched it and and was thinking did they just give him the round for showboating?.......Also Dorsey Vs Kelley was a bitch to score.

[greynotsoold]

Yeah, Lampley gets on my nerves a lot. He'll yell out "A blistering combination" for his favorite, even if it misses, and ignore three punches by the other guy. My favorite announcer was Jim Healy, who used to call fights in LA in the 70s, because he'd tell you that a punch wasn't as good as ot looked, who was punching harder, if the live audience was overreacting, and so on.

[BIG H]

Hopkins vs Taylor 1 and 2. U really have to dissect a Hopkins fight not only round by round but punch by punch. It may be asking to much of the judges though. I have the benefit of replay, slow motion, and going back. The only fight I truly only seen Hopkins loose was Roy Jones 1. Both Taylor fights could have been both a Draw. Calzaghe also. Very unique fighter, one of a kind.

Same 2 fight I came into the thread to post

Also Wright and Hopkins

Agreed - Taylor was the aggressor, but almost everything he threw hit the gloves.

[HattonTheHammer]

sven ottke

mostly due to the fact that every time i saw him get pummeled and destroyed he went on to nick a decision

[Phil]

Off the top just rewatched McCallum vs Toney 2 few days ago...this time I had McCallum by 1.

Every step possible should be made to avoid scoring rounds even.

I don't know about this, fighter A can batter fighter B and be 10-9 up.
next round can be even but judges always score it for one fighter, so if they give it to fighter B then the fight is even...
I think one the biggest problems with boxing is the scoring, while I don't have a solution for it I think judges not scoring rounds even is a major problem.

[Dropanuke]

Hopkins vs calzaghe??
Maybe mayweather vs Judah?

[BIG H]

Hopkins vs calzaghe??
Maybe mayweather vs Judah?

I think Hopkins v Clazghe was really easy to score. Hopkins won the firts 4 rounds, JC won the rest

[ICB]

Tim Witherspoon vs Larry Holmes = Razor thin close fight that could of gone either way.

[IamInuit]

After looking at a couple of fights over the weekend I was curious as to what are some fights that posters here have had the most difficulty scoring. By this I don't mean what was deemed controversial by the media necessarily but more so in your personal judgement. A fight that you can look at two or three times and find reasons to give rds to each fighter each time you watch it. Note that this is not necessarily decision based but it could just be the closeness of the rounds.

Great question.

Leonard/Hagler
Shultz/Foreman
Shane/Oscar 2

[Spicoli]

Off the top just rewatched McCallum vs Toney 2 few days ago...this time I had McCallum by 1.

Every step possible should be made to avoid scoring rounds even.

I don't know about this, fighter A can batter fighter B and be 10-9 up.
next round can be even but judges always score it for one fighter, so if they give it to fighter B then the fight is even...
I think one the biggest problems with boxing is the scoring, while I don't have a solution for it I think judges not scoring rounds even is a major problem.

Its always been a pet peeve. Just screams " I dunno". Of course I say this with the convenience of replay and hindsight while ringside judges are in the moment not to mention entirely different POV. There just has to be one advantage for one over the other, even in the slightest. Should be encouraged to differentiate though not just for the sake of avoiding even round. Comes down to quality of judges in the first place and lack of accountability and a review process, etc. Just to many 'close' results that see multiple rounds even, draws.

No answer really. I remember years ago a 'tie breaker' round was proposed in conjunction with open scoring. Thought open scoring was a horrendous idea. A minimum of rounds even? Odd number of rounds per matches? I'm not even sure if they still have 5 rounders on the west coast.

[VictorCharlie]

Any time its a puncher stalking a slick defensive boxer I have a hard time gauging effectiveness and ring control. The first 5 rounds of Oscar vs PBF comes to mind.

[Master]

Any Pernell Whitaker fight.