Question about amateur scoring - body punch combo.

[conan_the_cribber]

Hi,

there was a show last night on German TV which combined amateur boxing 5*2 minute rounds with a quiz competition. They supposedly had proper amateur scoring which meant 5 judges and if 3 pressed the buzzer within one second of the punch then, then the boxer scored a point.

Generally the scoring was consistent with how I saw the fight going and the punches that landed. Except for one point. A body punch combo. You know the situation, you burrow in on your opponent, press your forehead onto his chest and just wail away at his midsection with both hands. I saw one guy land five or six unanswered clean blows to the midsection, whilst his opponent waited for him to tire before countering.

Is there some weird rule in the amateurs that evaluates that as just one attack or one punch? I don't get it. They were amongst the easiest punches in the fight to score. Most of the amateurs in the show had a high guard, and the punches weren't crisp, so the headshots were harder to score. But this was simply, wham, wham, wham into an unguarded midsection. Nothing to think about at all.

Any ideas? Systematic or just poor scoring or my ignorance.

conan

[boxmel]

Is there some weird rule in the amateurs that evaluates that as just one attack or one punch? I don't get it. They were amongst the easiest punches in the fight to score. Most of the amateurs in the show had a high guard, and the punches weren't crisp, so the headshots were harder to score. But this was simply, wham, wham, wham into an unguarded midsection. Nothing to think about at all.

Remember - 3 out of the 5 judges have to see the blow within a 1 second window (however, I hope Germany isn't still using the old system). Body blow 'flurries' are hard to see when they are close in and if the boxer throwing them puts his head down he's going to block some judges view. If a majority of the judges saw the body combinations, the points would have shown. You also have to remember that you do not see them same thing as the judges. You have only one point of view.