Boxing banned at next Olympics?

[hitmanhomey]

Just as it looked like women's boxing would be made the next Olympic sport, the LA Times is reporting that the IOC is considering banning boxing beginning from the next Olympics. The reason? Crooked scoring and no effort to make things better (at least since the introduction of Compubox). The guy in charge says they are now considering open scorecards -- i.e. letting everybody in the stadium know what the score is as the match is in progress. They're also looking into a computer program to select judges randomly, supposedly to eliminate bias among judges.

Thoughts? I know the scoring system is **** -- just look what happened to Roy Jones -- but Compubox made it totally arbitrary. Some matches you might as well flip a coin to decide who wins. I hope their next "reform" isn't as ******.

[supaduck]

Boxing always has and will be a controversial sport, but banning it is ****ing ******.

[THE REAL NINJA]

damn that really hurts the sport a lot

[LostGuy]

this is more political than anything. they have ****ing curling at the olympics and they're talking about skateboarding and other fake sports. isn't riding a bike supposed to be an event? sorry but anything i could do very well when i was 7 isnt a sport. curling? what is this crap? i totally dont get that crap

*********s should hit the olympics if they ban boxing from it. those people from the 84 olympics should show up and grab all the people doing curling and ask them why.

[Burzum_666]

I don't see why they couldn't just use the 10 point must system, like in the pro's. I agree though the scoring they have now sucks, and should be changed. They don't need to eliminate it completely and I doubt they will.

[vB Martin]

What they want is "fairness" in scoring, which is hard since it's very subjective.

They COULD use electronic sensors in the gloves that do more than just register a punch landing. They could also measure the force of the punch and assign a pointage to the punch based on the force, 1 point for a punch of "average" force for the weight class, progressively higher for harder punches.

[mr.thraz]

you dont score the force of a blow in the am's

[JMCbulls]

olympic boxing is terrible (scoring wise), but it would still b good to watch prospects from all over the world fight, o well

[Manfredo Jr]

Just as it looked like women's boxing would be made the next Olympic sport, the LA Times is reporting that the IOC is considering banning boxing beginning from the next Olympics. The reason? Crooked scoring and no effort to make things better (at least since the introduction of Compubox). The guy in charge says they are now considering open scorecards -- i.e. letting everybody in the stadium know what the score is as the match is in progress. They're also looking into a computer program to select judges randomly, supposedly to eliminate bias among judges.

Thoughts? I know the scoring system is **** -- just look what happened to Roy Jones -- but Compubox made it totally arbitrary. Some matches you might as well flip a coin to decide who wins. I hope their next "reform" isn't as ******.

have to admit the scoring is pretty **** , you cpuld give someone a double jab to the face and i bet you would only get one point , you aint really boxing your opponent any more your boxing again the computer , half the time you dont get a point for body shots , and half on the ppl who are scoring you with the computers are to old i think every scorer gets 3 seconds and so many of them have to have pushed the button within 3 secons to gain one point , well wht happens if you get some old twat , you aint gonna get the points you should be , i think tht amature boxing should be scored out of 10 the same as pros

[Southpaw16]

have to admit the scoring is pretty **** , you cpuld give someone a double jab to the face and i bet you would only get one point , you aint really boxing your opponent any more your boxing again the computer , half the time you dont get a point for body shots , and half on the ppl who are scoring you with the computers are to old i think every scorer gets 3 seconds and so many of them have to have pushed the button within 3 secons to gain one point , well wht happens if you get some old twat , you aint gonna get the points you should be , i think tht amature boxing should be scored out of 10 the same as pros

The ten point must system does not really work with amateurs since the fights are only four rounds. You can't afford to have draws in the olympics since it is a tournament and one of the fighters must move on, and with four round fights between evenly matched guys on the ten point must system, there would be a lot of draws.

The computer scoring system was implemented in order to erase corruption in boxing, because all judges have to push the button simultaneously in order for a punch to count. THis way one or two crooked judges would not be able to ruin the outcome. It has helped reduce corruption, but the problem is that now the scoring system itself is flawed, so it is producing unfair results.

The main problem with it is like I said, ALL of the judges must see a punch land and click their button in order for it to be scored. It is very difficult to score a punch when your opponent is on the ropes because he will have his back facing the judge on that side of the ring, so that judge will not be able to see it even if it lands cleanly.

I think changing the system to only four of the five judges having to click their button would take away many of these problems but the system would still be able to serve its original purpose of reducing corruption in the judges.