Stephanie Han defeats Holly Holm by majority decision at MVPW-03<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThey’re judged round by round,\u201d Andrade said, adding that the concept is different from most sports. To illustrate, they compared it to a football game in which one team wins three quarters and the other dominates the fourth: in boxing, the team that won more quarters would still win on the scorecards unless there was a knockout.<\/p>\n
In the rematch, Andrade noted, Holm did not score a knockdown. \u201cMatter of fact, she never even dropped her or gave her an 8 count,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
ARC El Paso Christian Andrade explains round-by-round scoring that gave Han’s win<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Andrade also pointed to the dynamic of Han entering the bout as the WBA champion, saying challengers typically need to do more to clearly take a title, especially in the champion\u2019s hometown. However, he said they were not alleging intentional hometown favoritism by judges.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, when I say that I don’t mean the judges intentionally favored the hometown fighter in any way,\u201d he said, noting that \u201cthe two judges that said Han won were from Puerto Rico and California,\u201d and \u201cthe judge that ruled a draw is from San Antonio.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, Andrade argued that crowd reaction can influence how a fight is perceived in a sport they described as subjective when it goes to the scorecards. \u201cWhen you have an entire arena screaming when Han lands a punch but not reacting as much to what Holm is doing, it could play an effect on how the judges perceive the fight and perception is everything,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Andrade said they thought it was \u201ca great fight\u201d and believed Holm won the final three rounds, which they suggested may be why many viewers were upset. \u201cPeople always remember the end,\u201d he said. But he added that when they scored the bout, they could see how Han \u201cedged out 6 rounds,\u201d calling the overall fight \u201cdefinitely close.\u201d<\/p>\n
Andrade said they hoped the explanation helps fans better understand \u201cthe process of scoring a boxing match,\u201d describing it as \u201csuper confusing and not like any other sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
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