by David P. Greisman

One of the announced scores for James DeGale vs. Porky Medina was incorrect.

Originally, the announcement was that two judges (Steve Gray and Tony Paolillo) had it 117-111 for DeGale while a third (John Madfis) had DeGale ahead 115-113. The nine rounds-to-three margin seemed too wide for those observers who saw a closer bout. But the official scoresheet compiling the judges’ scores had made a mathematical error in the final round, which Gray had given to Medina. That made his scorecard 116-112, not 117-111.

The three official judges agreed unanimously on eight of the 12 rounds.

All three judges had DeGale winning Round 1.

Gray and Madfis had Medina winning Round 2 while Paolillo gave it to DeGale.

All three judges gave DeGale rounds 3, 4 and 5, and all three gave Medina the sixth.

All three had DeGale taking Round 7.

In the eighth, Gray and Madfis had DeGale the winner, while Paolillo had it for Medina.

All three judges had Round 9 going to DeGale.

Round 10 went to DeGale on Gray and Paolillo’s cards; Madfis had it for Medina.

All three judges had Round 11 going to Medina.

And in the 12th, Gray and Madfis had Medina taking the round, while Paolillo had it for DeGale.

That means that in three of the four rounds in which the judges disagreed, Madfis — the judge who had Medina winning more rounds than anyone else — was in the majority with one of the judges who had it wider.

Gray was never in the minority.

Paolillo was in the minority for giving DeGale the second, giving Medina the eighth and giving DeGale the 12th. If he’d gone with the majority, his scorecard would’ve been 116-112 for DeGale.

Madfis was in the minority for giving Medina winning the 10th.

If we were to take a score from “majority rules” — in which a fighter gets the edge from at least 2 of the 3 judges for that round — then DeGale would’ve won eight rounds (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10) and Medina would’ve won four rounds (2, 6, 11 and 12). The final scorecard would’ve been 116-112 for DeGale.

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