Open scoring system was used in Kenshiro Teraji vs Carlos Cañizalez

Open scoring system was used in Teraji vs Cañizalez with great success

On Tuesday, January 23 at the EDION Arena in Osaka, Japan, the open scoring system was successfully used during the fight where the WBC and WBA light flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji, defeated the tough Venezuelan Carlos Cañizales by majority decision.

Teraji and Cañizales gave us a memorable fight, where there were falls of both boxers and fierce exchanges. The judges’ scores reflected this. Jeremy Hayes 113-113, Jun Bae Lim 114-112 and Omar Mintun 114-112 in favor of Teraji.

The WBC highlights the great work of the Japan Boxing Commission in supporting the open scoring system, which has meant an important advance in boxing, as it provides extra motivation for the fighters by allowing the judges’ scores to be known at the end of the fight, rounds 4 and 8.

Likewise, the public in Japan reacted with great emotion to the release of the official scores, giving great interest in the actions.

At the end of round 4 the scores were...

Judge A: 37 – 37 Judge B: 36 – 38 Canizales Judge C: 37 – 37

At the end of round 8...

Judge A: 75 – 75 Judge B: 76 – 74 Teraji Judge C: 76 – 74 Teraji

The final score was...

Judge A: 113 – 113 Judge B: 114 – 112 Teraji Judge C: 114 – 112 Teraji

Open scoring has been used in thousands of fights and has proven to be a rule in making boxing a fairer and cleaner sport, as well as showing the world that this system is open and transparent.

The Japan Boxing Commission has adopted open scoring in national title bouts, with scores given at the end of round 5.