Rankings
Pound-for-Pound Explained: What the Lists Measure and What They Can't
Pound-for-pound lists ask who would be best if everyone were the same size. Here is what that question measures, where it fails, and how we read it.
Writer · Rankings and scoring
Tomasz Wolski
Born in Gdańsk and living in Melbourne, Tomasz is a data analyst who scores every fight he watches and compares his cards with the judges’.
Writes about: Rankings, Scoring, Fight statistics.
Stories by Tomasz
Results & scorecards
How a Boxing Round Is Actually Scored: The 10-Point Must System
10-9, 10-8, deductions and split decisions: how pro boxing judges score each round and how three cards combine into a result.
Rankings
How We Build Our Rankings: The Ringside Ledger Method
Résumé, recency, head-to-head, activity and losses in context: the factors behind our rankings, how much each counts, and why the lists are our own.
Results & scorecards
Leonard vs Hagler, Rescored
We rescore Sugar Ray Leonard vs Marvelous Marvin Hagler, 1987, round by round, and explain why three judges saw one fight three different ways.
MMA
MMA Judging Explained: The Criteria, the 10-8 Round and the Myths
How MMA judges score a round under the Unified Rules: the criteria hierarchy, what earns a 10-8, and why takedowns and control time alone do not win.