I have to agree with a number of Peetee's observations. The Bangkok post article is in line with the official position given by almost all judges I have interviewed on the subject, but as suggested by Peetee, is often not what is applied in practice in the stadiums.

A number of the rules written in the rule book are interpreted liberally and with a strong normative influence. Cultural nuances and gambling have had an impact on what was essentially a scoring system adopted from western boxing. That said, the 10 point must system applied in boxing appears generally less consistent than that used in Muay Thai. How the system has developed in boxing could even be considered a less a faithful representation of the original concept - which was to avoid fighters winning a boxing match just by winning more rounds than their opponent and not considering by how big a round was won.