Scoring Criteria ( Professional )
People need to realise that the judges use a specific scoring criteria to judge professional rounds. The combination of all 4 improve the chances of a fighter outpointing their opponent.
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3 professional judges decide your fate and they all have to be in agreement to be awarded for a comfortable decision.
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A mind trick that people/spectators use to determine a winner of a round is to ask the question "Who would I rather be, if I was in the ring". Just remember, its a judging system so judges may assess a fight based on their perspective.
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Moral of the story, make sure that you win rounds as clearly as you can or better still knockout your foe.
10 Point System
The 10-point system was first established in 1968 by the World Boxing Council (WBC) as a logical way of scoring fights. It was seen as such because it granted judges the ability to reward knockdowns and recognise the superior fighter during close rounds.
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The boxer who controls the round usually gets 10, while their competitor gets 9 points. ​Making the final score of that specific round 10-9.
If the dominate boxer knocks down his or her opponent's then an extra point will be subtracted, hence making it a 10-8 round to the winner of the round.
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Exceptions occur if for example, a fighter is winning a round but he/she is unfortunately knocked down in the process, the judge can agree to make the round even with a 9-9 round.
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​​​Weather if a fighter goes 4 or 12 rounds, points are collected and the fighter with the highest point obviously wins.
Ways of being victorious.
There’s more than one way to win a boxing match so we will be breaking them down into specifics.
