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Two terrific scraps between Dunn and McIvor highlight what a special championship it used to be

Boxing scoring has always divided opinion, as the 1979 Needham-Cowdell contest illustrates, writes Miles Templeton

Should a referee score a fight? Simon Euan Smith examines the issue of whether a referee is in the best place to judge a fight IN his editorial last year, “The Bog of Eternal Stench” (BN October 22), discussing the problems in scoring bouts, Matt Christie wrote: “An eternal debate is the issue of point of view. Who really has the best view?” My mind went back to 1968, when I attended a “Boxing Brains Trust,” chaired by former BN editor Gilbert Odd. From the audience I asked the pane...