Bring back 15 round world title bouts

[Trainer Monkey]

Why? I like 15 round fights, but is it worth putting extra risk on athletes in an already incredibly dangerous sport? I don't think it is, I'm happy with 10 and 12 rounders. I admire the guys who went 15 rounds because you have to have great stamina and be tough as nails, but I don't think they are necessary.

Is there any evidence that reducing world title fights from 15 to 12 rounds resulted in less ring death or injury? Not that I can see.

Actually there is since the advent of the 12 round championship in the 80's fatalities immediatly decreased
There was no decade before the 80s with less then 90 fatalities,there hasnt been a decade since with more then 72
This decade may change that though,with the increasing popularity of ToughMan style competions

And these fatalities you speak of were in world title fights? Are you sure? Lets make sure we understand the reason for these drops. Might just as easily be due to increased awareness, and nothing at all to do with going to 12 rounds in title fights.

Could be both,lord knows nobody wants to be the ref for the next Kim/Mancini fight.
But as noted by another poster rnds 12-15 are the braindamage rounds,just observational evidence alone suggests that to be true.
Fighters are going further past their primes(in some cases they never had a prime,Kenny Craven)but most dont sound like theyve got a mouth full of marbles when their done