Ring Officials Masterclass by Mauricio Sulaiman and Duane Ford

The President of the World Boxing Council Mauricio Sulaiman and the WBC Director of Ring Officials Committee Duane Ford via offered a masterclass to Judges and Referees from around the world via the WBC University.

The mission of this virtual meeting was to cover issues of great relevance in the world order of this sport, prior to the annual Convention of the WBC to be held this December in Hamburg.

The topics addresed were: Evaluation Criteria, Scoring in Knockdowns and Social Networks

Scoring Criteria

As part of the session, Duane and Mauricio explained fundamental concepts. The format of the Judges’ card was studied, which has the mission of unifying criteria in a qualitative way through the use of the following categories: Close, Moderate, Decisive, Extremely Decisive.

Ideas about the evaluation of fights were also demystified and the main elements to consider when scoring a round were discussed:

Power Punches

Effective Aggression

Ring Generalship

Common Sense

Scoring  Knockdowns

It is mandatory to score 10-8 in a round in which a fighter is knocked down. We must understand that a knockdown is the equivalent of a goal in soccer or  a touchdown  in football. There is no greater proof of effectiveness than a knockdown, for which reason it should be scored 10-8 in favor of the fighter who takes his opponent to the canvas.

* Unless there is an outstanding, overwhelming and unquestionable dominance by the boxer who was knocked down, only then the round cand be scored 10-9 for the fighter who knocked down his opponent.

Social Media

Duane Ford and Mauricio Sulaimán reported that the issue of social networks will be a topic to discuss within the annual Convention. A document will be added to the code of ethics to better understand the proper use of social networks, because as ring officials we must be neutral, professional and fair. If it is our decision to have social networks we must stick to our common sense and be careful with the responsible use of these same ones.

We leave you with the video of the entire session so that you can enjoy this broadcast for yourselves: