Four different scoring systems are available for application. While the 10-Point Must system is almost universally employed today, various systems have been used in the past.
• 10-Point Must: The winner of the round is given 10 points and the loser of the round receives 9 points or fewer.
• 1-Point Must: The winner of the round is given 1 point and the loser 0 points.
• 5-Point Must: The winner of the round is given 5 points and the loser is given 4 points or fewer.
• Rounds: The winner of the round is awarded the round but no points are assigned.
Unlike the 10-point Must or 5-point Must systems, it doesn’t matter how dominant the
fighter given the round because no distinction is made. A fighter who might win a round
by a two or even three point margin in a Points System, receives no such cushion in a Rounds System.
JUDGES BIAS
Judges may be assigned, either manually or randomly, a bias, if the player so chooses. The
choices under Judges Bias are as follows:
• None: Self-explanatory. The judge does not lean in any direction and simply scores each round on face value.
• Use Bias Rating: This setting checks to see if a specific judge has a pre-set bias in
favor of a hometown fighter, defending champion, slugger or boxer, or any combination of the four. No judge in the database has been assigned a bias because of potential
problems in labeling a real person with a bias. However, it is a simple matter to assign
one via the Judges Record screen.
• Random: The computer will assign a bias at random to each of the judges.
When a bias is assigned, regardless of how, scoring may be affected in any given round.
For example, assume that a judge has a bias in favor of a hometown fighter. That judge will give the hometown fighter the benefit of the doubt in a close round and have a tendency to either score the round in favor of the hometown fighter or at least call the round even. In a round in which the hometown fighter is badly beaten, the biased judge might score the round 10-9 in favor of the hometown fighter’s opponent rather than 10-8
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