split decision


nounBoxing.
  1. a decision of a bout on whose outcome the referee and judges did not unanimously agree.

Origin of split decision

1
First recorded in 1945–50

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British Dictionary definitions for split decision

split decision

noun
  1. boxing the award of a fight on a majority verdict of the judges as opposed to a unanimous decision

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