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Has anyone ever worked as a boxing judge in some capacity or have experience with the scorecards in professional boxing? I have some questions surrounding the actual scoring sheet each judge fills out and then a simple suggestion that may improve the integrity of the scoring (if they aren't doing it this way already).

#1 After a big fight, the newspaper will show us a photo of the scorecards but all 3 judges scores are consolidated onto one sheet (example:http://deadspin.com/the-mayweather-pacq ... 1702038541). I'm assuming that a 4th official collects the cards and transfer each card to one sheet manually. Is that correct?

#2 Does anyone know what the individual judges scoresheets look like? Does each judge just get a pencil and a simple single piece of paper?

#3 If the above is true then is it possible for each of these judges to use an eraser and change a score from any of the earlier rounds?
For instance, say after 12 rounds the judge notices he scored the fight a draw but doesn't like that verdict because he feels someone clearly won the fight instead of a draw, can he go back up to an earlier tight round and erase the score and change it? Or does the 4th official consolidating the scores on one sheet fill out his scoring sheet after every single round?

I've always wondered about this because I sometimes score fights on a piece of paper when i rewatch a controversial decision and it seems so easy for a judge to alter a final decision by doing a little pencil whipping. It still boggles my mind that we're almost in 2016 and this sport is still using pencil and paper.

IF judges have the ability to make any changes to previous rounds they have already scored then that's a problem IMO. A score for a round should be locked immediately and unable to be edited or changed. It's an easy fix but again, i'm not sure if they already do this or not so anyone with some knowledge on this can correct me and set me straight is welcome.

In NY each judge gets a card for each round of scheduled bout (10-round fight=10 cards). The judge marks the winner in pen and now gives reason why he scored like he did.. Card goes to commissioner to put on master score sheet after each round. Judges do not get back scorecard.

wsbuf wrote:In NY each judge gets a card for each round of scheduled bout (10-round fight=10 cards). The judge marks the winner in pen and now gives reason why he scored like he did.. Card goes to commissioner to put on master score sheet after each round. Judges do not get back scorecard.

And that sounds like a perfect system to avoid corruption but I don't think that's how it's done in Vegas or for big fights in general. For instance, here's a perfect example of the problem below:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/16435696

Aside from Khan crying about losing a fight, take a look at what the judge did on his scorecard. Obviously, the judge made an honest mistake and reciprocated the two scores (Khan had a point deduction in the round). Not sure when it was changed but the decision took forever to be tabulated.

So i'm still curious about the possibilities available to judges today

scorecards get added incorrectly sometimes and corrected as they
are being announced and it causes controversy