Majority Decision - History

History

From the 1930s through the 1950s many American newspapers erroneously reported a majority decision as a split decision.

Decisions in combat sports
Knockouts
  • Knockout and technical knockout
Judges' scorecards
  • Draw
  • Majority decision
  • Majority draw
  • Split decision
  • Unanimous decision
Other
  • Disqualification
  • No contest
  • Referee technical decision
  • Submission
  • Technical decision
  • Technical draw
  • Points decision

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