What do you think about the scoring in the Jermaine Taylor Fight?

Question

The way they announced the scores inbetween some of the rounds. Do you think this would be a good system?

Answer 1

No, not at all. It seems like it would be the best way to keep the judges honest, but not the way they did it that night. I think if they kept doing it that way, a fighter would see that he's ahead and just relax for the next four rounds. Remeber De La Hoya vs. Whitaker? Oscar thought he was well ahead and just ran for the rest of the fight. In Taylor's case, Ouma kept coming at him and forcing him to fight, plus Jermaine was in his home town and wasn't going to loaf.

They just need to do it a different way. Perhaps only let the viewers at home see or not have judges, but a scoring system. I don't know. Just some thoughts.

Answer 2

No. And the 10 point must system must be overhauled or abandoned. You have 10 points to play with, use all 10. Not One or two!!!! And championship fights must return o 15 rounds. I favor the ref as 3rd judge, and using the round system, not 10 point must, for scoring. Like the NBA used to do, in New York.

Another problem, judges who don't seem well-schooled. A 118-110 score is an total mismatch, a slaughter. This should never happen! Then, not only when these scores come up, but you've seen a strong competitive fight...what's going on???
This is ridiculous!!!! a 7 rounds to 5 makes far more sense. The score above is 10 rounds to 2. A fight like that should've been stop long before it ended. If one fighter is ahead by3 or 4 rounds, deep into fight, stop it!!!

Answer 3

That is a new gimic the WBC. It is a good idea. The fighter will not leave it in the hands of the judges. Also, a judge will be a lttle less likely to be on the fix if everyone hears their score and boos.

The down side, in my opinion, is that a hometown fan favorite could influence the judges. Imagine Manchester hearing that Ricky Hatton lost that last round. Booooooo!