If nobody has won via knockout after the scheduled number of rounds, the judges' round-by-round scorecards throughout the fight will determine the winner. With each round being worth a maximum of 10 points, that means a fighter can score as high as 120 in a 12-round fight, 100 in a 10-round fight and so on.
The three judges will each have an overall winner, or perhaps have scored the fight dead even. Here are the various results that can lead to:
- Unanimous decision: All three judges have the same fighter ahead on their scorecards.
- Split decision: Two judges have Boxer A ahead, while one judge has Boxer B ahead. That means Boxer A wins, two scorecards to one.
- Majority decision: Two judges have one fighter ahead, while the third judge scored it as a draw. The winning fighter did not get a unanimous decision, but did take the majority of the cards.
- Draw: If one judge has Boxer A ahead, one judge has Boxer B ahead and the third has scored it as a draw, the overall result is a draw (also known as a 'split draw'). Of course, if all three judges had it dead even, that is also a draw (a 'unanimous draw'). However there is also...
- Majority draw: If two of the three judges have a fight even but the third judge had Boxer A ahead, such a slender edge is not enough for Boxer A to be declared the winner. Instead, it is declared a 'majority draw'.
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