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THREE APPLICATIONS OF 10 POINT MUST SYSTEM ON THE MAYWEATHER-DE LA HOYA BOUT By Joe Koizumi PhilBoxing.com Sun, 13 May 2007  A week has passed since “The World Awaits” took place in Las Vegas last Saturday. This reporter still thinks De La Hoya deserved a draw at worst after broadcasting it as commentator in Japan. Many ringsiders watching it close to the ring, however, believe Mayweather had an edge in the end. I, in my previous article, mentioned that the discrepancy of impression between the privileged ringsiders, audience watching far from the squared circle, and TV watchers (especially watching abroad without referring to CompuBox data) isn’t desirable. I hereby proposed three different ways of applying the 10 point must system from the currently applied way in judging fights in order to expect better decisions with less controversy. (1) APPLY 9.5 POINT TO CLOSEST ROUND Disputes on a decision often come from the fact that a 10-9 score is given both to a clear round (without a knockdown) and a hairline round as well. Therefore, it is proposed that a 9.5 score may be introduced to evaluate a winner of a round by a smallest margin as 10-95. It will enable us to distinguish a clear round (10-9) and a hairline round (10-9.5). The defect of introducing a 9.5 score is, of course, expected complexity and troublesomeness in summing up the official tallies. Even in dealing with integral numbers of scores now there have been some mistakes in summations to cause wrong calls and amendments thereafter. But the merit of using a 9.5 score is to see better decisions than now in deciding the winner that all people agree with. Plus, if so, we need not change the structure of the currently used 10 point must system itself since the meanings of 10-10, 10-8 and 10-7 are same as usual. (2) WIDEN RANGE OF 10 POINT MUST SYSTEM There is another way to eliminate a fundamental problem in the currently applied 10 point must system in scoring a same 10-9 to a clear round and a hairline round. It is to widen the range of differences on scores, as follows: 10-10 Definitely even 10-9 By a closest margin 10-8 By a clear margin 10-7 By an overwhelming margin (usually with a knockdown, or with nearly one-sided situation close to a knockdown); which is a current 10-8 score 10-6 By a more overwhelming margin (usually with two knockdowns, or with a knockdown and continual effective aggressiveness followed to almost cause another knockdown); which is a current 10-7 score 10-5 By a definitely overwhelming margin (with three knockdowns without three-knockdown rule in effect) Should it be applied, only problem will be temporary confusion among judges and the general public who are already accustomed with the current 10 point must system. But you, by using the widened range of scores, can see better decisions to decide the winner to be well-accepted by all people. Originally the 10 point must system should have been executed with the above-written range from 10-10 to 10-5. (3) PERMIT 10-10 MORE POSITIVELY AS PREVIOUSLY Only professional judges and privileged ringsiders seem to be able to distinguish who the winner is after a hairline round. It is cancer to have boxing less popular among the general public in causing frustration due to their incapability of deciding the winner of the closest session. We must not hate a 10-10 score but re-evaluate it with positive meaning therein. By scoring 10-10 in a very close and undistinguishable round we can correctly see the winner to eliminate a controversial decision. Should we apply 10-10 more positively, boxers and trainers will realize that it is necessary to attack more decisively in order to win a round. If so, people will see more action and more aggressiveness to revitalize boxing games. The aforementioned three ways of the 10 point must system are hereby applied to the Mayweather-De La Hoya bout, as follows:  Yours truly believes that the current scoring system should be reformed by applying one of the three ways of the 10 point must system to produce “BETTER” decisions and satisfy worldwide boxing fans. Click here to view a list of other articles written by Joe Koizumi.  |
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