it doesnt help when on certain shows you get commentary from people that dont understand the rules and scoring in the correct way. this is why the public watching get the wrong idea of muay thai and how it is scored.muay thai is definateley not he who hits hardest wins, or he who has the higher work rate wins which is what the majority of people look for, this is why i think muay thai is a fair way behind on the tv side of things, you get one lot of rules from the commentators and then different when you read into it properly. im not saying im perfect or i know all about muay thai, but i believe i have a decent amount of understanding on what scores and what does not and to see and decide who i think would have won a bout due to the correct use of scoring criteria. i believe alot more needs to be done so that everyone at least are on the same wavelength instead of all the petty arguments about it over the ax forum, yes its good to have debates and to have your own opinion but if muay thai is a sport you decide to participate in then get to it and learn the correct scoring and rules, it will help your fighters out in the long run. Tony has done alot of work with trying to help various gyms and people all over the country with various seminars on judging, im sure many times like this one it seems pointless to the fact that people are still questioning the scoring criteria. i may be biased and will hold my hand up for criticism here but i would say that tony would be the number 1 official in this country at the present time.
and i too believe liam is a judge who when judging is straight down the line in his decisions.