Clearly people do know how to score, and outside of Thailand, I'd say the UK is one of the more (if not most)accurately scoring countries. Sure there's still a lot of plonkers out there saying things like "the 1st two rounds don't score", "boxing and low kicks don't score" and "whoever throws the most kicks wins" but by and large, as previously said, largely thanks to Tony Myers, the quality of judging in this country is getting far far better and the less well informed judges are being relegated to C class novice shows etc.

When it comes to any decent level of competition in this country you can be assured that the judges are well informed, and professional. Having a laugh with people they probably know very well in what is, even globally, a very small community is only understandable - it doesn't automatically mean there's a home town decision on the cards before the fights even started.

The issue tends to arise when you get Europeans or Americans fighting here or vice versa. They turn up expecting what passes for thai scoring in their country (rarely accurate Thai scoring) then flip the lid when they done get a decision after being really aggressive but getting bongoed in the clinch for a full fight. The average knowledge I've seen from a lot of very well known figures in america and across Europe is shocking and, if I had to guess, based on your english, this is where your gripe comes in.

Learn to score before passing judgement on the scoring system or, more importantly, the judges, who rarely get thanked and are almost always blamed whenever someone fights away from home. Too many people willing to blame the judges instead of just admit they were shite or their opponent was plain BETTER than them.