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Article: Scoring system turns boxing into fencing in gloves.(The Orlando Sentinel)
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- August 29, 2004
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Byline: Steve Springer
ATHENS _ The decision that robbed Roy Jones of a gold medal in the 1988 Olympics took boxing, where outrageous judging had become all too commonplace, to a new low.
The resulting howls of protest brought the sport to an Olympic crossroads, where the available courses of action were clear: either fix it or eliminate it.
Thus began computer scoring, a system designed to take the subjective element out of the process. Instead, five judges would each be given a keyboard with two buttons, a red for the fighter in red and blue for the opponent. The judges were to push the proper button each time they saw an effective punch. If ...