When a boxing fight has plenty of action, there is nothing quite like it. The energy that fills up a room when opponents feed ...

If you study enough fight scorecards, a pattern emerges: judges tend to disagree the most in the late rounds, particularly in championship fights that go the full 12. In rounds 10, 11, and 12 — when ...

England’s Dimeji Shittu lost a controversial Commonwealth Games final to India’s Ankush Panghal after disputed point deductions and scoring decisions drew criticism from Richie Woodhall and TNT Sports ...

Fighters across seven men’s weight classes and six women’s categories will box for Olympic glory in Paris. Despite a fraught recent relationship with the Games and its status within it, boxing is one ...

Not all rounds are created equal, and despite being armed with scoring criteria and years of experience, there are still some rounds that — if you can get them to admit it — give judges fits. We can ...

Professional boxing usually runs on the 10-point must system: the round winner gets 10, the other fighter gets 9 or fewer if there is a knockdown, a point deduction, or a clear margin. That sounds ...

Three judges typically determine the outcome of a boxing contest if the fight hasn't ended in a stoppage. The scoring of a fight is subjective and often leads to differences in scorecards, which has ...