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A split decision says nothing about whether or not the judges are idiots or not.
Sometimes rounds are simply really, really close, and it's not terribly uncommon for one round to swing a fight, especially in three round fights.
Judge A claiming fighter A won a round by 1 percent and Judge B claiming fighter B won a round by 1 percent is actually a fairly similar opinion in real terms...it just happens to fall in such a way under the 10 point system to cause a judgment difference.
Well that is the key point really, if a round is so razor thin close, it should be a 10-10 round. At least under any subjective scoring system.
If it was objective, ie 1 strike landed = 1 point, 1 kick landed = 1 point etc then yeah razor thin margins are fine. But when the outcome is based on subjective observation, razor thin margins should be 10-10.