What the scorecard does
Judges score a fight one round at a time, as it happens. The live scorecard lets you do the same at home.
You enter both fighters' names and start scoring. When a round ends, you pick who won it, or call it even. Then you choose the margin: 10-9, 10-8 or 10-7. An even round scores 10-10.
The scorecard keeps a running total and shows who's ahead. A table lists each round as you go. If you mark a round wrongly, you can undo the last one, or reset the fight and start again.
The scorecard keeps your card only while the page is open. Once you leave, it's gone.
Why keeping your own card helps
Scoring each round on its own makes you decide who won those three minutes. It's a sharper habit than taking a general impression of the whole fight.
It shows most in the close rounds. One fighter lands the harder shots and the other lands more of them. Rounds like that produce split decisions. Scoring them yourself shows how two judges can watch the same round and see it differently.
Scoring while the fight is on
- Score each round as soon as it ends, while it's fresh.
- Judge each round on its own.
- Leave earlier rounds as you scored them, even if a later round changes your view of a fighter.
- When the decision comes in, compare your total with the judges' scorecards.
If the fight ends in a stoppage, your card up to that round shows how the fight was going before the finish.
Where your card can go wrong
Your total is only as good as the rounds you put in. A rushed choice in a close round will move it. Undo takes back the last round you saved.
Before the first bell
It helps to know who's fighting and what's at stake. The fight calendar has the dates of upcoming fights, and the articles section has previews and results.