RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) After Roy Jones Jr. was infamously robbed of a gold medal by horrific judging in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, amateur boxing began a 25-year search for a better way to determine a ...

A complete overview of Olympic Boxing with our guide on official regulations, scoring, common violations, and more.

A new scoring system being used during the Olympic boxing competition in Rio de Janeiro has drawn favorable reviews after replacing the previous system that generated outrage around the world. During ...

Professional boxing usually runs on the 10-point must system: the round winner gets 10, the other fighter gets 9 or fewer if there is a knockdown, a point deduction, or a clear margin.

Oleksandr Usyk has called for changes to the amateur boxing system, as the sport could lose its place at the Olympics. Usyk knows the importance of the Olympics, having won gold at the 2012 London ...

Lawmakers are considering a revamp of the federal regulations governing professional boxing, an effort to bolster the sport ...

If you’ve watched a fight in the past 50 years, you’ve heard it announced: “All three judges score the bout 115–113…” Those numbers, so familiar they’re practically part of boxing’s DNA, come from the ...