Quote Originally Posted by J_Undisputed View Post
I don't know if it really changes all that much . If knock downs and 8 counts don't count for squat and the tally is still the amount of punches landed on the target areas, the biggest difference is going to be is the removal of headgear that happened last time. The different weight classes could severely handicap a pro if they're used to 'nelo-ing their own niche weight class because the weigh ins are on the morning of your fight!

Theoretically a pro might have a more of a chance to KO someone, even with those two tone pillows they give you. These are the type of gloves most pros use for sparring. So the pros that are really heavy handed might change the odds, but everything else still favors the feather fisted kids like Floyd and generally the ones out of Cuba who were taking the gold anyway with pitty pat scoring flurries The experience does count for something but I don't think you'll find a pro that's really going to love the experience of going back to that system. It would be like having to put training wheels, a bell and a banana seat on your ducati to race the Isle of Man TT.
I'm against it because I'm wondering when the coddling ends. How far will they go? Back to fight the guy you lost to in highschool. It’s like a bunch of spoiled babies want to go back and win something that elluded them or could not win and on an uneven playing field. Amateur programs don’t need in help in flawed systems. It just seems to me like idol worship gone stupid. How can winning Olympic gold as a boxer after fighting pro for 5, 10 or 15 years account for anything? To have the word dubious appear in notes to the entry in one’s legacy. Sadly it fits with the times and the same mentality ruling much of the pro world. The appearance of some kind of legitimacy at any cost which includes the fraud of getting it and keeping it.