Olympic boxing scoring is fair

For eight solid minutes, U.S. Olympic team light flyweight Luis Yanez traded punches with Spain's Kelvin de la Nieve. Yanez, 19, came out on top in his match, cleanly landing 12 punches to nine for his opponent.

At least that was the final score according to the five judges who monitored the fight. With counterpunches flying, it can be difficult to determine who scores and when.

Under Olympic scoring rules, each judge has two buttons — a red one for the boxer in the red corner, a blue one for the boxer in blue. For a point to be registered, three of the five judges must press the same button within one second of one another. read more