Yeah, it used to be scored that way - three judges had to click the blue or red button within some fraction of a second of each other for the punch to score.
Now there are five judges, and the highest and lowest scores are dropped at the end of each round, then an average is calculated from the remaining three judges' scores. The BBC had some silly article suggesting that the change in the scoring system means the level of transparency has dropped, despite the fact that the new system is designed to weed out potentially biased judges and that instantaneous display of scoring is impossible with the new system.
Anyone notice the LoI jersey at the Tyson Fury fight?
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Third eye my friend.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
Pajkic-Pikey and well, Pikey :-)
Awful boxing weekend, the joke that was the Pacman decision, saving Fury. Nonsensical all of it.
Big loss for Amir Khan this morning, thoroughly deserved as his cheating ways finally caught up with him. I hope he'll emerge a better fighter for it and stop this nasty crap like leading with the head and leaning on opponents necks. He's gotten away with it in the UK even as an amateur. Very good fight and the undercard was good, Timur Ibragimov looks washed up and (have to check) Roy Jones fought again and beat some punch bag for a title of sorts.
Cant stand that khan, delighted he lost and cant believe that he is a contender - jeez is there any quality any more in boxing
Anyone watch the Egan-Ward fight tonight? Ward battered Egan, 29-10,
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist thinks it will change; the realist adjusts the sails.
You'd have to imagine Haye will win handy if he boxes clever.
Is there anyone in pro boxing that doesn't come across as a despicable human being?
#NeverStopNotGivingUp
"If God had meant football to be played in the air, he'd have put grass in the sky." Brian Clough.
You'll NEVER beat the Irish.......you'll just draw with us instead!!!
Andy Lee! What a man! Fully deserved his win against a really good fighter. Great boxing night, Amir Khan did a good job, Tim Bradley was gifted a draw, and an Irish american lad continued to climb the rankings (Sean Monaghan).
andy lee had some fight last nite, what a comeback to that russians punch that had hurt him
hes wants the next title defense in ireland if i heard him correctly after the match
1st Division Champs 2014 roll on next season
Was a real fight, like his last one. His opponent was (on paper) better, but Andy went for it. Disgraceful lack of coverage from the Irish meeja, not a surprise, but shameful.
I wouldn't say Korobov was better on paper. I'd have had Lee as slight favourite, whatever the bookies thought.
Charlie, I'd have been more impressed by the Russian's punch power and ability to take a dig than Andy's, plus he was fresher. But I agree it was closer than the predictions. I watched on Russian TV and they were backing their boy, but said it would be a late round stoppage. They kept quoting the loss against Chavez Jr, which they also broadcast at the time. I would have discounted that as the allegations made by Andy stacked up and the energy levels of Chavez were unreal. He's 6 in the world and a winnable defence against Martinez would be great, or...if Murray beats Golovkin!!!
Very strange the lack of coverage of this. If was it Bernard bleeding Dunne it would have been wall to wall.
Spud - you might know this but has an Irishman ever won a world title in Vegas before ? I think I heard before the fight that the last 11 irish world title bids were defeated on US soil- this was 12th time lucky.
Think Billy Joe Saunders is the No. 1 contender for the WBO - hope Lee milks it for every penny he can get! - the 3 arena or maybe even Thomond or Gaelic Pk in the summer.
I think it is more to do with broadcast and the chance of winning, but overall I think being based in the UK/US goes against him, plus his background and Limerick. Sad thing is he will be lauded when he's gone.
I know that in my life I don't remember an Irish fighter winning a world title fight in Laz Vegas, going back to Barry McGuigan, last I remember was Wayne McCullough a few years back. Amazing statistic!
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