Royce Feour Ratner shares his points with judges While the judging of fights is a subjective and sometimes controversial task, most rounds are easy to score. But it's those few tough rounds that particularly concern Marc Ratner, the executive director of the Nevada Athletic Commission. They can judge at home, and they judge in the stands. It's the 10 percent of the rounds that are tough and you have two different views. There is no black and white.
Good judges can have different opinions in very close rounds.
You can have different views. That is why you have three judges. At an annual seminar for his officials, Ratner stresses the importance of judges thinking similarly when scoring rounds. We are thinking the same 90 percent of the time. It's 10 percent of the rounds that separate great judges from good judges.