Majority draw
Outcome in sports
A majority draw is an outcome in several full-contact combat sports, including boxing, mixed martial arts (MMA), and other sports involving striking. In a majority draw, two of the three judges agree that neither fighter won (i.e. tied scorecards), while the third judge indicates one fighter being the winner on his/her scorecard. Thus, the majority of judges see the outcome as even and the result is announced as such, although one judge gave a victory on his/her card to one fighter.
This outcome is one of the rarest judged decisions in professional boxing and MMA, apart from a unanimous draw (where all three judges score the fight as a tie), or a split draw (where one judge scores one fighter the winner, a second judge scores the other fighter the winner, and the third judge scores the fight a draw).
01Notable examples
| Date | Fight | Scorecards | Source(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 10, 1993 | Pernell Whitaker vs. Julio César Chávez | 115-113 Whitaker | 115-115 | 115-115 | |
| September 12, 2013 | Badou Jack vs. Marco Antonio Peribán | 96-94 Peribán | 95-95 | 95-95 | |
| November 12, 2016 | Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson | 48-47 Woodley | 47-47 | 47-47 | |
| January 14, 2017 | Badou Jack vs. James DeGale | 114-112 DeGale | 113-113 | 113-113 | |
| May 19, 2018 | Adonis Stevenson vs. Badou Jack | 115-113 Jack | 114-114 | 114-114 | |
| August 25, 2018 | KSI vs Logan Paul | 58-57 KSI | 57-57 | 57-57 | |
| December 12, 2020 | Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno | 48-46 Figueiredo | 47-47 | 47-47 | |
| August 3, 2024 | Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Jarrell Miller | 116-112 Miller | 114-114 | 114-114 | |
| July 19, 2025 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Mario Barrios | 115-113 Barrios | 114-114 | 114-114 | |
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