Cautionary tale for MMA: Olympic boxing drops headgear, adds 10
pt must scoring  by Kirik Jenness |  In 1983, the Journal of the
American Medical Association called for a ban on boxing. The
editor, Dr. George Lundberg, called boxing an "obscenity" and
said it "should not be sanctioned by any civilized society."
For long-time devotees of mixed martial arts, the parallels with
Sen. McCain's infamous and now withdrawn "human cock fighting"
remarks are inescapable.  In response, the International Amateur
Boxing Association, the governing body for amateur boxing
worldwide, made mandatory the use of headgear in amateur boxing
contests.  Then at the 1998 Seoul Olympics, Roy Jones Jr was
denied a gold medal in boxing by corrupt, bribed judges. At the
time, the 10 Point Must judging system was in place, familiar to
all fans of MMA - winner of the round gets 10 points, loser gets
9, or in the case of a shellacking, 8, or even conceivably less.
In response, the IABA instituted a computerized scoring system,
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