Thread: If you could change anything about boxing,what would it be?

What would you change,how and why?

bring back Fifteen round fights....even though 12 rounds are safer alot of the memorable moments have been in the "Championship rounds"


Marciano KO walcott round 13

Frazier Ali 1 when frazier knocks down Ali in the 15th with id say the best left hook ive ever seen,and wraps up a hard fought decision

Billy conn deciding to slug it out with Joe loius when the title was a few rounds away.

Just a couple of an endless list.

the good old days

Originally Posted by Tins06

bring back Fifteen round fights....even though 12 rounds are safer alot of the memorable moments have been in the "Championship rounds"


Marciano KO walcott round 13

Frazier Ali 1 when frazier knocks down Ali in the 15th with id say the best left hook ive ever seen,and wraps up a hard fought decision

Billy conn deciding to slug it out with Joe loius when the title was a few rounds away.

Just a couple of an endless list.

the good old days

yes im with you on that mate , 12 rounds just aint enough

Got to get to work but real quick
INSTANT REPLAY and Regulated and uniformed reviews for JUDGES and OFFICIALS.Has to be consistent accoutability .Fighters are the ones who pay the price (literally) for unchecked inncompitence.lateer.

When fighters cant agree on a purse, they should take a 30% cut each and the winner of the fight gets the rest. I am sick of fights falling through because one fighter wants an extra 2% of the money. If a fighter won`t fight for the idea I have suggested then it would appear that they don`t want to fight or don`t believe they can win.

I'd kind of like to see 2 more judges added, as some of these decisions they call could be considered ridiculous. I don't know if 2 more official judges would help or make the scorecards more ridiculous.

I would like to see rules in place where a fighter, no matter how dominant in a weight class, cannot jump up in weight for an immediate title shot on name alone. They should always earn that shot in the weight class, by working for it. That would prevent fighters from avoiding tough fights just because they can.

There are guys out there, especially in lightweight - middleweight, who simply jump ship too much. It has become sad.

Originally Posted by El Gamo

What would you change,how and why?

If a boxer gets up before the count of ten after a knockdown the ref has to let the fight go on.
the bell saves a knocked down boxer. once the bell goes the count stops.
15 round title fights.
boxers who throw less than 50 punches a round getting disqualified.

Originally Posted by SEANIE

Originally Posted by El Gamo

What would you change,how and why?

If a boxer gets up before the count of ten after a knockdown the ref has to let the fight go on.
the bell saves a knocked down boxer. once the bell goes the count stops.
15 round title fights.
boxers who throw less than 50 punches a round getting disqualified.

So if a fighter is standing at the count of 9 but wobbling all over and looks like he got hit with a cattle prod, you still think the fight should go on? That could cause' alot of permanent damage to fighters.
And I personally don't want the bell to save a fighter, if he can't make the count, bell or not, he loses.
I wouldn't mind seeing 15 round title fights, or 15 rounders period.

Nothing.

I think boxing is great.

Originally Posted by LEGION

Originally Posted by SEANIE

Originally Posted by El Gamo

What would you change,how and why?

If a boxer gets up before the count of ten after a knockdown the ref has to let the fight go on.
the bell saves a knocked down boxer. once the bell goes the count stops.
15 round title fights.
boxers who throw less than 50 punches a round getting disqualified.

So if a fighter is standing at the count of 9 but wobbling all over and looks like he got hit with a cattle prod, you still think the fight should go on? That could cause' alot of permanent damage to fighters.
And I personally don't want the bell to save a fighter, if he can't make the count, bell or not, he loses.
I wouldn't mind seeing 15 round title fights, or 15 rounders period.

yeah absolutely, boxings a violent sport and the aim is to injure your opponent. if someone beats the count of 10 then they have proved they can continue and i would like to see the bell go and a unconscious boxer who was knocked down before the bell dragged back to his corner and able to continue at the start of the next round.

Originally Posted by SEANIE

Originally Posted by LEGION

Originally Posted by SEANIE

Originally Posted by El Gamo

What would you change,how and why?

If a boxer gets up before the count of ten after a knockdown the ref has to let the fight go on.
the bell saves a knocked down boxer. once the bell goes the count stops.
15 round title fights.
boxers who throw less than 50 punches a round getting disqualified.

So if a fighter is standing at the count of 9 but wobbling all over and looks like he got hit with a cattle prod, you still think the fight should go on? That could cause' alot of permanent damage to fighters.
And I personally don't want the bell to save a fighter, if he can't make the count, bell or not, he loses.
I wouldn't mind seeing 15 round title fights, or 15 rounders period.

yeah absolutely, boxings a violent sport and the aim is to injure your opponent. if someone beats the count of 10 then they have proved they can continue and i would like to see the bell go and a unconscious boxer who was knocked down before the bell dragged back to his corner and able to continue at the start of the next round.

Fucking idiot..

The aim of boxing is not to injure your opponent and youve blatently never boxed a lick in your life

Originally Posted by SEANIE

Originally Posted by LEGION

Originally Posted by SEANIE

Originally Posted by El Gamo

What would you change,how and why?

If a boxer gets up before the count of ten after a knockdown the ref has to let the fight go on.
the bell saves a knocked down boxer. once the bell goes the count stops.
15 round title fights.
boxers who throw less than 50 punches a round getting disqualified.

So if a fighter is standing at the count of 9 but wobbling all over and looks like he got hit with a cattle prod, you still think the fight should go on? That could cause' alot of permanent damage to fighters.
And I personally don't want the bell to save a fighter, if he can't make the count, bell or not, he loses.
I wouldn't mind seeing 15 round title fights, or 15 rounders period.

yeah absolutely, boxings a violent sport and the aim is to injure your opponent. if someone beats the count of 10 then they have proved they can continue and i would like to see the bell go and a unconscious boxer who was knocked down before the bell dragged back to his corner and able to continue at the start of the next round.

Well then in that case you could forget about boxing being televised or even legal after a few of your proposed bouts would be seen by the general public. This isn't the Colosseum in ancient Rome dude, but it's your opinion.

Dissolve all of the alphabet organizations, centralize the sport with one governing body - one title per weight class. Standard number of defenses per year by each champion and scheduling mandatory - really mandatory - bouts between contenders to determine who gets a shot at the title.

Originally Posted by bcollins

Dissolve all of the alphabet organizations, centralize the sport with one governing body - one title per weight class. Standard number of defenses per year by each champion and scheduling mandatory - really mandatory - bouts between contenders to determine who gets a shot at the title.

I agree with this and I also would like a regulated formulae for rankings. There should be some system in place which prevents guys who have done nothing being ranked too highly. Other than though,I love most of the things about the sport.