Can You Score Half-Points in Boxing?

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  1. bpg

    bpg Leap-Amateur

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    It seems so...

    Lucas Matthysee vs Carlos Adam Jerez 20-12-2008

    100 - 91.5
    100 - 94
    99.5 - 92

    Any explanation?
     
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    Ugotabe Kidding WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Different sanctioning bodies have different rules. I don't know who has been the supervisor of that bout, but I believe all the major sanctioning bodies have ten point must system these days
     
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    whiskey Czarcasm

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    Never heard of it. Perhaps some odd sanctioning body/commission has this type of scoring? Or it's a mistake.
     
  4. bpg

    bpg Leap-Amateur

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    It is strange.

    Although a split decision where the deciding scorecard is 114-113.5 does seem rather appealing. :lol:

    I'd like to see that judge explain why he took the half-point off after. :lol:
     
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    Hut*Hut The Mackintosh of temazepam

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    Sounds like one of those quickly aborted experiments in new scoring systems that pops up every couple of years in one state or another. TBF, I do think there's room for some more subtlety in scoring - more gradiation between a round that guy A pips and one guy B dominates, particularly.

    While we're on the subject I'll just reiterate that I think a KD should be worth ONE POINT, not an automatic 10-8 round regardless of the context of the round it happens in.
     
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    When Bugner fought Cooper for the British, Empire titles, Bugner was declared winner by one-half point, under the old British system, which was soon scrapped for the 10 point-must system.
     
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    Andrew "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    Since when has this happened? I know of no such rule.
     
  8. bpg

    bpg Leap-Amateur

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    Let me guess, you scored Pacquiao vs Marquez I for Marquez right?
     
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    Hut*Hut The Mackintosh of temazepam

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    It happens every single time. Invariably. As an example - the knock down in Vargas-Mayorga where Vargas was clearly winning the round then got flash KDd on his bum at the end of the round. I scored it 9-9 (10-9 vargas with the 1pt deduction for the KD), it was universally scored 10-8 Mayorga which was effectively a three round swing for a flash KD.
     
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    Hut*Hut The Mackintosh of temazepam

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    10-6.
     
  11. bpg

    bpg Leap-Amateur

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  12. mikE

    mikE "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    Argentina does the 1/2 point thing.
    From what I can tell, it doesn't make for fewer draws or better decisions.

    As a side note, the announcers on TyC are almost always in line with the winning fighter.
     
  13. ElTerriblee

    ElTerriblee "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    Some years ago they also tested 11 round fights in Argentina. Don´t know if they still exist.
     
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    Ugotabe Kidding WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    I had it 10-6,5
     
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    mikE "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    The did them recently with some WBA latino fights. I haven't seen an 11 rd fight recently, but probably within the past 2 years, for sure. It all blends.

    [edit] They are still doing them. http://boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=WBALAT&division=Lightweight&SUBMIT=Go
     

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