Scoring a fight

I have watched Mayweather V Castillo 1/ De La Hoya on numerous occassions but have never been able to score it to Floyd.

Are there any fights of a similar stature (or not) where you have scored it against the genral consensus and can't be swayed?

Sven Ottke in any of his fights lol.

It's a good question, but I can't think of any at present. Though I did recently score the Hopkins v Dawson fight a draw somehow :/

i think i scored it 2 rounds to Dawson which seemed slightly against the grain.

I think I'm one of a very few who had Holmes beating 'Spoon; gets labelled a robbery by some, or at very least a controversial decision by just about everyone else. Just don't think 'Terrible Tim' did enough in the latter stages and let Larry back in. I had it 116-113 when I scored it, in Holmes' favour.

Cloud-Campillo is a more recent example; seems everyone but me thought it was a daylight one. I certainly wouldn't argue that a very good case can be made for Campillo, but I view it more as a very close fight under the ten point must system, which could have gone either way by a thin margin.

I would also add that I didn't have Wlad v Haye anywhere near as wide as most but that goes off the point somewhat.
Also cleverly v bellew, i couldn't see how people could give that to bellew and likewise hopkins v calzaghe

Given that I probably hand out more 10-10 rounds than is the norm, my scoring does tend to differ from general consensus at times. Doesn't necessarily make any difference in the eventual winner but does make scoring a bit closer at times.

I'm not sure why 10-10 rounds are relatively rare - I've see plenty of rounds of boxing where neither man has had the better of the other.

i thought the bellew lost a close bout, but he definitely lost.

i scored the last marquez manny fight a lot closer than others. think i had him winning by a round.

I didnt think 10-10 were allowed or were discouraged?

if they are, sometimes it's just unfair. if a round really is evenly matched, it shouldnt be given to either fighter.

OasisBFC wrote:if they are, sometimes it's just unfair. if a round really is evenly matched, it shouldnt be given to either fighter.

Agree, I myself am guilty of this. When there are very close rounds with minute differences between the two guys that round it is easy to become a little bias which sways your scoring.

I think very close rounds should be encouraged more to be scored 10-10.

Froch v Dirrell. Can't score it for Froch. Manny v Marquez III - so many.

While we're at it, does anyone else think that the cries of 'robbery' surrounding Watson-Eubank I were grossly off base, or is it just me? Only ever watched that first fight once and can't for the life of me remember what rounds I gave to who, but I do remember thinking that Watson simply hadn't done enough and had taken a little too long to get going to really warrant a decision in that one. A draw possibly, or Watson by a point if we insist on claiming he was the winner, but certainly not a robbey of any kind for me.

88Chris05 wrote:While we're at it, does anyone else think that the cries of 'robbery' surrounding Watson-Eubank I were grossly off base, or is it just me? Only ever watched that first fight once and can't for the life of me remember what rounds I gave to who, but I do remember thinking that Watson simply hadn't done enough and had taken a little too long to get going to really warrant a decision in that one. A draw possibly, or Watson by a point if we insist on claiming he was the winner, but certainly not a robbey of any kind for me.

It was a clear robbery. OK I'm very biased but one judge gave the last round to Eubank which he clearly lost. Had he scored it correctly, Mike would have won.

Holy v Lewis 2. I scored it a draw.

superflyweight wrote:Given that I probably hand out more 10-10 rounds than is the norm, my scoring does tend to differ from general consensus at times. Doesn't necessarily make any difference in the eventual winner but does make scoring a bit closer at times.

I'm not sure why 10-10 rounds are relatively rare - I've see plenty of rounds of boxing where neither man has had the better of the other.

You weren't in Japan in 1988 were you superfly?

http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=229932

Yeah, Ian John Lewis scorded it 100-87 (despite there being no knockdowns).

I remember that wally on Eurosport showing Haugen-Pazienza 1 and saying it was a clear win in his eyes for Pazienza....

obviously covering it years later when he knew the result!!!!

Nobody at the time thought it anything less than a disgrace....

I had it 145-140 as did many of the magazines at the time or worse...

Just a joke........No one can give Paz more than 5 rounds max..........


Duran-Barkley...............Take the rose-tints off and tell me how you can give Duran more than 4 rounds + 1 point added for the knockdown....

Thomas Hearns would surely have beaten Sugar Ray Leonard were it not 15 rounds.

Lennox Lewis was famously robbed against Holyfield. No impartial observer could possibly have thought the fight was a draw. Boxing politics and corruption at work in that one!

Thought Lewis won the 1st and Holy the 2nd...