2007-03-22 12:00:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Boxing
Make sure sanctioning organizations employ judges who have worked their way up the ranks and have a level of experience commensurate with the caliber of fight that they are judging (i.e. the biggest fights have the most experienced judges).
Also, display the score(s) after every round, rather than at the end of the fight. This may take some of the strategy out of the fight (whether to try to win on points or try to win by k/o), but it will go a ways towards removing the controversy from close matches.
Put a clause in the boxers' contracts that prohibits them from publicly complaining about the the judging - much the same way as other professional athletes are prohibited from publicly criticizing the officiating at sports matches (I'm thinking specifically of the NFL).
Educate the viewers about what it is exactly that judges are looking for when they pick the winner of a round. Explain the scoring system more thoroughly so even the casual viewers understand why judges come to the decisions that they do.
2007-03-22 12:09:08 · answer #1 · answered by billiardjay 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nothing, when ever there are two fighters left standing after a fight, there will be controversy. Controversy is a good thing, and we wouldn't want to completely eliminate it from boxing, it makes for years worth of great conversation and debate after the fact.
Even the corrupt manipulative criminal aspect of boxing is part of it's charm. How much less would boxing be without the likes of Don King and the Italian guys who made Oliver McCall cry between rounds 1 & 2 of his second fight with Lennox Lewis.
2007-03-22 19:25:11 · answer #2 · answered by blogbaba 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make the limit to a title fight 13 rounds, you'll have an odd number of rounds, thus ensuring fewer draws. There also should be some kind of over-ride for clear-cut screwjob decisions, such as DelaHoya against Whittaker, sturm, quartey. Something like a veto override in congress where a supermajority can overturn the results. So if 75% of the ringside press disagree, something should be done.
2007-03-22 19:48:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as humans are judging on what they see, and think happened there will be problems. Often there are 3 different thoughts, because the judges are looking at the fight from 3 different views, or positions at the ring. One way to reduce some problems is to have the judges' scores turned in at the end of each round so they can not try to weigh the outcome.
2007-03-22 19:59:37 · answer #4 · answered by lestermount 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Besides "the pay off the judges" factor in boxing,alot of these people haven't laced on a pair of gloves in their lives,but they are allowed to judge and score fights,sure anyone could learn over time in trial and error but,you never saw a basketball coach who never played coaching a team.Boxing is the only sport that allows that.
2007-03-23 00:07:29 · answer #5 · answered by ucmy9 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A coin flip.
As long as there are humans making judgments there will be problems. If you just flip a coin at the end of the 12th the results would be more convincing sometimes, and you cant argue with a coin flip.
2007-03-23 13:22:20 · answer #6 · answered by jezusjones 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Redo the whole judge training system. They suck big time. I thin what one guy said before and show the scores.
2007-03-22 19:34:06 · answer #7 · answered by Bruce Tzu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stop fixing fights
2007-03-22 19:04:10 · answer #8 · answered by music junkie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BOXING IS FIXED..WHAT ELSE?
2007-03-22 20:24:39 · answer #9 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋