How do judges score fights? | Boxing Explained 🥊 

the accent was a bit diffcult for me lol. but seriously you did an amazing job explaining this, i watched so many 20min vids and still couldn't understand, and you summed it up in 3 minutes. thank u i hope the best for you buddy

Well explained buddy. I hope some of the so called judges see this.! Bless up bro 👊

Hey Thanka so much for taking the time to make this video. I love boxing but I have never understood how the score card was read. Now that I'm a real life vr champion boxer, I can read and understand the score card. Cool Man thanks

Hello, so if a fighter is winning a round and gets a point deducted, is it now scored 9-9?

There's so much more to it. The more active fighter. The more aggressive fighter. The better ring generalmanship. Who is the riegning champ. Who defended better. Etc etc.... We need a validation system for judges and their scores. Maybe public release of criteria and considerations judges are scoring on? Judges should be assessed on their score matching the criteria and judges judged and/or scored themselves. With each commissioned boxing match having a minimum level of scoring required of the Judges for them to be able to judge the fight. Higher level the fight, higher level the judge score required. *The assessment of judge scoring/assessment also needs to be on public record for all to see.

I’ve always wondered this, now I’m crystal clear, thank you kind stranger.

loved it ... finally It is well explained

I think the controversy around Joshua Usyk 2 scoring was Joshua landed the heavier shots but Usyk pelted him with way more ligth shots thus the descrepancy of one ref having 116-112 for Usyk and the other 115-113 for Joshua. But i thing the split decision was fair as i would suggest the 115-113 in favour of Usyk was more accurate

This video must watch the judges before the fight and the table of judges must above or what we called Eagle sight with camera.

It’s fairly rare but you can win a 10-8 round by being supremely dominant without a knockdown. My brothers a boxing referee, prior to that he was a judge. A judge can also overrule the referee in some cases. Eg if the ref scores a slip and the judge feels it was a knockdown you can overrule… as a judge you can also overrule fouls in wales but not sure about other countries.

Unless we get some technology to measure each fighter’s health bar we won’t see much changes to the 10 points much system.

thank you this helped a lot

What if red coner keep attacking but don't hit on blue man,blue continue defend only no attack,do red will get more point for taking strike,cause sometime most hit person don't win

What if one fighter scores 2 knockdowns, but the other fighter scores 1 knockdown? Is it 10-8, or 10-9?

I thought it was scored by judges tallying up the punches/significant punches landed for each fighter lol. I just watched the Canelo v GGG fight and could understand it turning out to be a draw but I didn’t understand how the judges scored it. You are right, very controversial and in my opinion completely ridiculous Especially after watching that fight and one of the judges gave canelo 10 rounds

I guess there was no round limit in the past? Hence no scoring - eventually somebody's gonna drop... Anyway, thanks for the vid dude helps a lot I always wondered whether they start on 10 and have pts reduced. Cheers

Nicely explained, thanks! I have a question. Say a boxer clearly wins a round but he also got knocked down. Will the score then be 9-9?

What happens if a fighter is clearly winning the round and the other fight gets a knock down how is that round scored

Could u look into the ksi vs fury fight. The score cards were messed up and 1 kudge in 1 round scored a 9 8 (tommy got a 1 point deduction) but the judge changed the score to 9 9 8 mins after the fight ended. Im pretty sure u cnat do that right? And 1 judge didnt add up the scores properly. Cluld u plz look into it and tell me what your view of it is and who u think should have won

There are only 4 criteria for scoring a boxing match. Read this from Dazn. What do boxing judges look for? Here are the following areas in which boxing judges are encouraged to determine who 'won' or 'lost' a round: Effective Aggression: Being aggressive gives the impression of dominance, but unless the boxer is landing shots and not constantly getting countered, it isn't really 'effective'. Judges look for effective aggression, where the aggressor consistently lands punches and avoids those from his opponent. Ring Generalship: The fighter who controls the action and enforces their will and style. Defense: How well is a boxer slipping, parrying, and blocking punches? Good defense is important. Hard and Clean Punches: To the untrained eye, it can appear as if a boxer is landing a lot of shots, when, in fact, most are being blocked or aren’t landing flush. A judge needs to look for hard shots that land clean.

Who do you think won the match between Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos? How would you score that fight

POV you’re here because of Loma losing to a robbery me to brother 😔

I think if a fighter is completely dominant it can be scored 10/8 without a knock down?

current scoring rule is more controversial than winning more rds

He is josh taylor??

how do you score a fate? when mowdan boxing fist stawted.... lol

answer: depends on who paid them under the table 😂

Fakes, faith, fights.....huisssss

Let's say we have a boxing match, and one fighter is known to be very aggressive and always on the attack and the other fighter is known to be extremely defensive. So, the if we were to believe that boxing is susceptible to corruption from rich influential groups or individuals like pretty much everything in the world. And when judges are being chosen, to sway the decision to favorable odds by the powers that be; judges who favor defensive type fighters are picked for this particular match or vice versa. The outcome of the fight is more than likely already decided. The scoring system is flawed and is and has been manipulated for years. You can hear it when fans "BOO" the supposed winner and the losing opponent receives the cheers. Example Paquiao vs Bradley 1 and even back to the 1988 Olympics with Roy Jones Jr. losing the gold medal in Korea. Not really an example of choosing judges for a particular fight style but more just straight up corruption. Sadly, even with investigations and proof of corruption, manipulation and tampering with judges' decisions in boxing... judges' decisions are never overturned. Which is bull$#!+...

After Ksi fight