new delhi an improved system of scoring notwithstanding cheating by judges is still a reality in international boxing concedes aiba referees and judges commission secretary pat mccrorythe international boxing associations aiba current system of scoring has five judges observing the bout from all four corners of the ring and a point is awarded only when three of them press the scoring buzzer within one second of each otherits not the perfect system because despite the computers the system is being operated by humans and they are bound to make mistakes mccrory who is a technical delegate for the fifth commonwealth boxing championships saidthere has been cheating by judges in the past under pressure or for whatever other reasons we have caught most of them but some cheats are still there mccrory who is also the president of the irish amateur boxing association concededthe previous system of scoring in operation until two years ago was such that every point given by a judge was counted making it easier for the cheats said mccroryuntil two years ago we had complaint virtually in every tournament but now the number has gone down considerably the judges are being observed and any malpractice leads to direct suspension he addedon whether more technology can help lessen the mistakes mccrory said 99 per cent of the time we are getting the right winners but sometimes i admit that the scores are not really correctall this talk of technology is fine but at the end of the day it is being managed by humans and we all know that there are lots of human errors we have to train people using the system the 65yearold former boxer addedexplaining the system of appeals for an aggrieved boxer mccrory said the pugilist has to put his complaint within 30 minutes of the bout and if found genuine it may lead to the sacking of the referees and judges concernedif our commission finds that there was something fishy about the scoring the judges and referees are suspended straight away that is the maximum punishment for any wrongdoing he saidbut the result of the bout cannot be changed until it is ascertained that the rules were flouted there is an old saying in boxing that all the good boxers are sitting in the jury and all the good judges are sitting in the galleries so we cannot really make everyone happy he said