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By Robert Morales - The California State Athletic Commission on Feb. 9 in Arroyo Grande, Calif. will hold a mandatory seminar for officials who work boxing, MMA and Muay Thai kickboxing. Many things will be touched upon and one standout referee, Jack Reiss, has taken the time to send out an invitation to reporters, encouraging us to attend and observe and ask questions.
Kudos to the former Beverly Hills fire captain for that.
As poor scorecards have become an ever-growing problem in boxing, we are hopeful that there will be a strong emphasis on how a fight is supposed to be scored. Not that California has been the biggest offender of lousy scoring. But just in general, focusing heavily on that can only be a positive thing because when scorecards like the one rendered by C.J. Ross for Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in Las Vegas pop up, it is a public relations nightmare and just unbelievably unfair to the fighter who got burned. [Click Here To Read More]
Kudos to the former Beverly Hills fire captain for that.
As poor scorecards have become an ever-growing problem in boxing, we are hopeful that there will be a strong emphasis on how a fight is supposed to be scored. Not that California has been the biggest offender of lousy scoring. But just in general, focusing heavily on that can only be a positive thing because when scorecards like the one rendered by C.J. Ross for Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in Las Vegas pop up, it is a public relations nightmare and just unbelievably unfair to the fighter who got burned. [Click Here To Read More]