Quote Originally Posted by Spicoli View Post
I think simply by it being an odd number of rounds you may see less chance of draws though you also had more rounds for a judge or ref to grey over. I think no matter it 12 or 15 a fighter conditions one self accordingly, or should, to step up or step off tempo in any case depending on opponent etc. save for the number of champions who woke up one morning in the 80's and were told 'hey your next defense will be less 3 rounds'. Today it would be good to see even no titles set for 12 rather than 10. Your still a champion its just the trinket taking the night off.
This is true and I thought about that, but at the same time most fighters dont go into a fight expecting to get beat up every round, and it's just natural that one man usually ends up with more in the tank by the end. The reason they stopped having 15 rounders is because taking punishment under that level of fatigue exponentially increases the risk of serious head injury so it's on a whole different level as far as pacing oneself.