Is it fair to judge fights on the basis of hand-speed?

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Is it proper to take into account hand-speed when judging a fight?

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  1. whiskey

    whiskey Czarcasm

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    In Ramonza's favorite era that's how it was done. :lol:
     
    whiskey, Feb 22, 2012
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    Good point :lol:
     
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    The rule still exists, the difference is that fighters are not as good (=white) these days as they were
     
    Ugotabe Kidding, Feb 22, 2012
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    At first I thought this thread is retarded but I changed my mind when I just thought about it. I agree flashy fast combos are given more credit then the same ones landed minus the speed. Just like in a basketball a guy who will dribble the ball around the defense and do a 360 dunk will get more praise then a guy just shoots the ball and scores the same 2 points. The boxing commentators definatelly give the flashy speedy combos more credit then the slow ones , we should just hope that the actual judges know better.
     
    BOSS, Feb 22, 2012
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    ILLUMINATI Roberto Duran

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    :tick: what?
     
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    He does this a lot now for Khan. Khan will throw a sloppy combo that barely lands, and Lampley gets all excited.

    He did the same for Oscar.

    Though I will say, I think a lot of that was him being the HBO guy. The true object of his man love was Barrera.
     
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