Japan has been known for their unfair judgement when it comes to boxing scorecard. It was so unfair that the term "Japanese judging is fair" is written as a myth in this article[1].
In the 1990's Japan had a spate of awful judging decisions favouring their fighters, this was particularly notable in Nagoya and Osaka. There used to be a joke that when a champion was defending his title in Nagoya he started 3 rounds up at the first bell. Suggesting that they only needed to win 4 of 12 rounds to win a fight.
So it isn't really surprising that the Japanese boxer seldom lost in their country. During the 1990's the only way to win in Japan was to knock out their boxer and if you failed to stop your opponent it is a sure lost to the visiting boxer.
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https://www.asianboxing.info/thinking-out-east/5-misconceptions-of-japanese-boxingNever knew about this myth, though I always have the impression that Japanese boxers are good because most of them seem to have mostly perfect/clean records if you just watch their match history. And also, I thought the Japanese are only biased in judging when it comes to wrestling and nothing more. Turns out, even professional boxing is rigged if they want it to be rigged. On Japanese boxers, Inoue is the one I always watch, which is why I didn't have this impression that the Japanese can also be unfair in judging boxing. I just thought that they're
really, really good.
Might also be the reason why not a lot of Japanese professional boxers can be named in the international scene.
That's not new in boxing, there are really questionable judging, they say boxing is corrupt, then that explain the allegations. However, we are still here supporting the sport, so we should not complain, just accept the fact that sometimes things does not happen based on our expectation. If we search in youtube, you will find a lot of fights with controversial results.
It's hard to take things as fact as it will slowly plague the sport and it will lose its credibility over time. People will soon start to unfollow the sport resulting to its downfall if things such as this will only be accepted as a normal occurrence. Fans can always complain about the result, and the players' corner can always file a complaint if they think the decision is unfair. Pretty sure with enough publicity and enough negative public opinion, these things will diminish.
In fact, in all sports, we find the same thing exists but most of the time the excitement and the competition for the championships are still there, and also the probability to win even when the game is rig is still there especially in boxing when they knock out their opponents who were supposed to be the favorite to win the fight. That's why most of the underdogs are working harder multiple times than their opponents because he was going to knock out the knockout if he get the chance if the fight will reach the official's decision, most likely he will be left behind on the scorecard.
True, this is why a lot of boxers nowadays aren't really focusing for longevity inside the ring. Most of their training regiments often involve stances and positions that the boxers can utilize to deliver knockout punches. That's why a lot of the newer generations that we see right now have those killer punches that can easily end the round. No one wants to be in that ring for a long time, they all want to get things over with in a jiffy and finish things in a convincing manner.
