N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-8.20 - 10 point majority scoring system
(a) Each judge shall
record a score of 10 points for at least one of the two fighters when scoring a
round.
(b) Each judge shall render his
or her scorecard to the official scorekeeper for a round by round individual tally
of points for each boxer. Each judge shall turn in his or her scorecard at the end
of each round to the Commissioner or his or her representative. The scorekeeper
shall then review each individual score at the end of every round to calculate a
majority score for each boxer. The scorekeeper shall then record one score for each
round and enter that score at the end of each round on the master scorecard. At the
end of the bout, the scorekeeper shall tally the points for each boxer from the
master scorecard. After compiling the total points for each boxer, the scorekeeper
shall hand the decision to the announcer to announce the outcome and the total
points for each boxer as determined by the scorekeeper's tally of the master
scorecard.
(c) If two of the three
judges have the exact same score for the round, that shall be considered the score
for the round because it is the agreed score of the majority of the judges. The
third judge's score which differs from the other two judges shall be
disregarded.
(d) In instances where each
judge has a different score, the winner of the round is the boxer who accumulates
the greatest number of total points in a round. The winner receives 10 points. The
loser's score is an average of the individual judges' scores. If the loser's
averaged score does not compute to be a whole number, the number after the decimal
is disregarded and only the whole number is used.
(e) In cases where each judge has a different
score and a winner of a round cannot be identified (where each boxer receives an
equal number of total points in a round), each boxer's score is averaged. Again, the
averaged score shall consist of a whole number and will not include decimals. In
these cases, where the averaged scores are equal, the round shall be considered to
be a tie or an even round with no winner.
(f) If the referee penalizes a boxer for a foul
during a round, one point shall be deducted by the judges from that boxer's score
for that round. At the discretion of the referee, where the foul committed by the
boxer is flagrant, repeated, or has the ability to cause injury to his or her
opponent, the referee may order that more than one point be deducted from the
boxer's score for that round. The referee shall notify the judges and the announcer
of the penalty imposed, and the announcer shall declare it in public at the end of
that round.
(g) The standard criteria
for judges to use as an objective tool to base and justify their scores are as
follows:
1. A round is to be scored by a judge as
a 10-10 round when neither boxer shows clear dominance in a round and both appear to
be fighting evenly or when both boxers suffer equal numbers of knockdowns and
neither shows clear dominance in a round.
2. A round is to be scored by a judge as a 10-9
round when a boxer wins the round by a close margin landing a greater number of
effective legal blows or when the boxer winning the round gets knocked down, regains
his feet, and continues to clearly dominate the round.
3. A round is to be scored by a judge as a 10-8
round when the boxer winning the round by scoring the greater number of effective
legal blows also knocks his or her opponent down once or when one boxer so clearly
dominates the entire round.
4. A round
is to be scored by a judge as a 10-7 round when the boxer winning the round knocks
his or her opponent down twice or when the winning fighter knocks his or her
opponent down once but also overwhelmingly dominates the entire round.
(h) This section shall be effective
from September 20, 1999 through December 31, 2000.
Notes
See: 31 New Jersey Register 1896(a), 31 New Jersey Register 2761(a).
Amended by R.2000 d.117, effective
See: 32 New Jersey Register 253(a), 32 New Jersey Register 1037(b).
In (g)2. and 3., inserted "effective" following "number of"; and in (h), substituted "December 31," for "March 20,".
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