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Thanks for that, I’d always assumed it was 1 point scored for each ‘good’ blow landed, I’d never noted how the points were nearly always 10 and 9!

It’s curious how so little is gained in points from a knockdown, seeing as in essence that’s practically the aim of the match. A fighter can knock down their opponent, and that opponent only be saved from a knockout by the referee intervening and giving a standing count; but loose 2 other rounds by the narrowest of margins and it’s all for nothing. (But then the scoring in the bouldering still confuses me).
 
The first Fury Wilder fight illustrates this quite well. Fury was knocked down twice but got up on both occasions. By most observers scorecards he comprehensively won the vast majority of the other 10 rounds, which should have meant he was the winner fairly comfortably. According to the judges, it was a split decision draw; one judge scored it a draw, one scored it by a few rounds to Fury, and the other scored it (somehow!) to Wilder by 4 rounds. Boxing is about much more than knocking the opponent over. Its about ringcraft, making your opponent miss, precise punching, meaningful punching rather than glancing blows off the gloves and shoulders. Its really complex to score and is very subjective which is why there is often controversy when judges scorecards are reviewed. Individuals preferences come into it a lot. Some judges like fighters who are on the front foot and reward what they see as positivity. Others value making the opponent miss and won't penalise a fighter who dances around more. Its very interesting but obviously a lot more straightforward when someone gets knocked out!
 
Yes, and that is also why, in my opinion, the GOAT debate is good for dinner chat (which is great), but impossible to really define someone on a true and solid factual base.
Cherry-picking, too much politics, corruption, and most of all the weight classes make everything too sketchy, and so also the W/L ratios are somehow pointless.
In any case, Usyk did something extraordinary, and - unless he does something silly to his career as Holyfield or Jones Jr. did to theirs, i.e. fighting for way too long - he will go down as one of the greatest ones. As Fury, obviously, but whose armour is less shiny than Usyk's one, for his too many antics out of the ring.
Anyway, there are quite a few very bright stars shining right now, so let's hope it goes on like this, with top fighters clashing.
 
spidermonkey09 said:
10 beautiful minutes of boxers being made to miss here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA14uRHqqWs
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It is a shame Floyd is a horror of a human being isn't it
 


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