Thought this would be and interesting question:
How would you fix the sport of boxing? One example would be: I would unify the belts so that there aren't half a dozen champions of the world at the same weight: there would be just one.
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Thought this would be and interesting question:
How would you fix the sport of boxing? One example would be: I would unify the belts so that there aren't half a dozen champions of the world at the same weight: there would be just one.
Stop promoters or anyone else having options on other fighters.
Same day weigh-ins, smaller rings, allow for instant replays in title bouts and make judges need some kind of certification to show they know how to judge rounds.
One champ per division would be great for the fans but unfortunately not great for the actual fighters.
The alphabets guarantee more chances for fighters to earn big MONEY ;)
I would get rid of judges. EVERY SPORT YOU CAN THINK OF has adapted with technology. In hockey, its no longer just some dude sitting behind the net's job to decide what's a goal, they have instant replays and about 5000 different camera angles. So why is boxing still using the same scoring system it did 100 years ago? Well I think we all know the answer to that, the same kind of crooks that ran it back then are running it now.
No more ringside judges. There will be 3 different panels of judges watching the fight and have access to the fight video, so they can see the entire fight at all times. Because bad decisions are the worst part of boxing. Its really hard watching a guy work his ass off, come with a great performance and get robbed.
Get rid of exclusive rights replays,have it on ESPN the next week
Have a national by which I mean government
oversight board
And anyone caught rigging fights is gone for life,1 strike and your out.
How would that work? The judges watch it live, then check the video in the minute between rounds before marking the card? :-\Quote:
Originally Posted by Beanflicker
Part of the drama is not knowing the result. That's why the WBC idea of announcing the scores after every 3-4 rounds hasn't took off.
I don't see the benefit of this. How many people are in each panel? How long would you alot for the score to be announced? Your comparison with hockey is an apples and oranges argument, a goal in hockey is a goal it's binary in or out. Boxing is a whole different animal, if fighter A lands 15 punches to fighter B landing 35 punches, fighter B doesn't not necessarily win the round. Furthermore, why did you start a new thread to counter a point I made on this thread?Quote:
Originally Posted by Beanflicker
The Networks begin shunning the alphabet gangs, and when speaking of champions only make reference to The Ring/Lineal Champions
or
The alphabet gangs create a confederacy, whereby when titles are unified, the mandatory challengers for each organization must box-off with only the winner getting the opportunity to challenge the unified champion. That way, a unified champion would only have one mandatory a year, and every makes their money.
Add minimum requirements to the scoring system.
Force promoters to offer affoardable health care to fighters under contract.
Fighters must not gain more then 5lbs from weigh in to day of fight
too many weight catagories & titles it puts the public off
1. Send the people running the sanctioning bodies to Guantanamo. Have one set of titles/ratings which can be run by a nonprofit organisation that can take sanctioning fees to be used only to set up a pension fund for retired boxers. The people running the nonprofit can be retired boxers. Only one title per division means everybody knows who the world champ is and when the casual fan is watching a world title fight he knows it's legit. The importance of that can't be overestimated.
2. Don't sanction any fight on pay TV, even HBO or Showtime. Fights have to be on free-to-air national TV only. That way you get huge public interest back in boxing. The only country that still does free-to-air is Germany where boxing is huge. It used to be free-to-air in Britain before satellite TV came along and interest was huge then too. Do it in America and you'd have a massive sport again, with huge public interest in fights and fighters. Hidden away on HBO nobody knows them. It's only the very elite fighters who make money from PPV anyway. If they were on free-to-air they'd lose a lot of earning power but they'd have a national profile so they'd make money from sponsorship and endorsements. The top guys would still make millions so nobody loses and everybody wins.
my view on this to make boxing more exciting:
1- Give incentives(money) - on knockout wins
2- Scoring system - judges should read their verdict infront of live audience
3- Pulling out hours before fight time ala guzman v nate - should be considered loss to the one who pulls out and award a win to the other
4- PPV fights - 50$?? no way.. should be reasonable or much better free tv
For me..
Auto Generated Score Board.. coz some Judges is not fair in scoring.
Instant replay to decide if a cut is from a punch or from a headbutt. It can also work for reviewing of low blows. whether a fighter deserves the 5 minute break.
Weigh-ins done in the same day so fighters would be fighting in their natural weight. No more excessive ballooning. No more weight issues. This could very well mean an upward adjustment of weight limits (in the UFC, the lightweight division limit is 155 lbs).
1 point must system. a deduction of 1 point to a fighter who gets KD. or an additional of 1 point to the fighter who scored the KD. works the same way with the 10 point must system. but is obviously a lot more simple. making the
scorecards more comprehensible. It should also make bullshit scorings more noticeable.
I am skeptical with this, I'm not so sure but I think one of the judges scorecard should be announced after the 11th round. thus making a hint to a fighter if he needs a KO to win.This could lead to a more exciting fight.
I'm pretty sure in this one, ban Joe Cortez forever. Boxing would thrive.
Instant replay to decide if a cut is from a punch or from a headbutt. It can also work for reviewing of low blows. whether a fighter deserves the 5 minute break.
Weigh-ins done in the same day so fighters would be fighting in their natural weight. No more excessive ballooning. No more weight issues. This could very well mean an upward adjustment of weight limits (in the UFC, the lightweight division limit is 155 lbs).
1 point must system. a deduction of 1 point to a fighter who gets KD. or an additional of 1 point to the fighter who scored the KD. works the same way with the 10 point must system. but is obviously a lot more simple. making the
scorecards more comprehensible. It should also make bullshit scorings more noticeable.
I am skeptical with this, I'm not so sure but I think one of the judges scorecard should be announced after the 11th round. thus making a hint to a fighter if he needs a KO to win.This could lead to a more exciting fight.
I'm pretty sure in this one, ban Joe Cortez forever. Boxing would thrive.
Totally agree with the cheaper fights. Like, I would love to watch Hatton vs Pacquiao. But am I going to pay $50? No, only if Floyd Mayweather came outta retirement to fight Mosley ;D. Put it down to $15-20 I would pay that for sure. And I'm sure more people would.
Also, advertise. Commercials, buildups shown to the public. I don't know when a fight is about to happen unless I am keeping a close eye on boxing. The public needs to know. I am sure lots of people not even that interested would pay 15 bucks to watch Hatton and Pacquiao especially if there were good exciting commercials building up these fights.
About the judges, assume this:
Boxer A is a flurry-thrower, but they are light slaps.
Boxer B is a hard-hitter that throws less often but when they are thrown they do damage
Good Judge: scores the round for Boxer B b/c he is doing the damage
Computer: it senses more punches for Boxer A yet Boxer A is getting his head dented in by only a few punches!
Average Judge: Who know?:confused:
Also many are worried that computer-judged fights will become like fencing matches. I don't think computer-monitered fights would work.
I think that the idea about more money if KO would make boxing WAY more interesting. Assume I am Hatton and gettin 40% of the profit. If I do my best to KO Pacquiao and succeed I get, say 50% (unrealistically large probably). Then fighters would step in the ring thinking, "I gotta KO this guy to make more money" not "I am going to jab all night long as the people sleep"
That's what it costs over here for a PPV fights, can't believe over there you have to pay that kind of ridiculous money for a fight. If it was even £30 for a fight I wouldn't pay it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocky Balboa
Agree with most of that apart from the KO bit, which I think would be almost impossible to bring into play. The boxer should be focused on winning not on the KO IMO and I think it could mean too many boxers gassing out trying to KO the other guy
If I could change one thing it would be the duration between each top fighter's fight... having to wait 5-6 months between each boxer's big money fights is ridiculous. I understand why it's done but it could be done alot differently, even if it was cut down to 2-3 months would be okay for me, the suspense for the Hatton - Pac Man fight has been killing me, and there's still 3 full months to go... :eek:
I think the WWE is a great example. They are able to air a PPV once a month and generate big income. Sure, it's all scripted and no one is generally hurt in the process, but the fact that they can advertise these fights and sell out stadiums in a month alone shows boxing can be done differently in this respect.
This doesn't take into account the fact that a top boxer needs prep time for each fight. If it was every 2-3 months that would mean that a boxer would basically finish a fight & already have to get ready for his next fight, something these guys who do it, have earned the right not to do. IMO 4-6 months is more than fair.Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeyUK
Well the prices on ppvs being cheaper which was mentioned earlier is a good start, but also the quality of the undercards would help I get tired of seeing poor quality undercards for a good main event for 50 bucks. Plus I do not understand why you would see a Lightweight main event and they showcase middleweights and straw weights on the same card. Why not showcase the divisions best to set up for the next big fight. Basically what I am getting at is marketing fighters and promotions better would be a good start to improving boxing.
that's trueQuote:
Originally Posted by JazMerkin