Can you make boxing safe?

[Fatboxingfan]

If you had the control of Boxing would you introduce anymore aspects that would make it safer?

Glove size, less rounds, weight cutting issue, shorter rounds, more brain scans?

Or would you have expected to see more deaths in boxing (at this stage) and don’t see the need to implement anything else?

RIP Patrick day.

Number one I would have 16oz gloves.

Number two I would give 75 seconds in between rounds.

Number 3 a fighter should make the weight the day of the fight.

Number 4 there should be more standing eight counts.

Number 5 I would encourage fighters to take a knee when they are hurt. Being too proud or too afraid to lose a point will make a hurt fighter too stubborn to take a knee. A hurt fighter can get hit with one more shot that can kill him. I would reduce the penalty for taking a knee to half a point.

Number 6 EACH AND EVERY FOUL SHOULD BE PENALIZED BEGINNING WITH THE VERY FIRST ONE....LOW BLOWS, RABBIT PUNCHES, ETC. WI'LL ALL INSTANTLY WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS BE DEDUCTED ONE POINT

[El Kabong]

Gloves should be smaller not bigger. The bigger and more padded the gloves the harder some fighters will throw their punches just like with football and shoulder pads/helmets they give the wearer of those pads a feeling of invincibility and so they hit with reckless abandon.

Smaller gloves....deal more with facial cuts and fractures and broken hands than brain injuries.

[J_Undisputed]

If you had the control of Boxing would you introduce anymore aspects that would make it safer?

Glove size, less rounds, weight cutting issue, shorter rounds, more brain scans?

Or would you have expected to see more deaths in boxing (at this stage) and don’t see the need to implement anything else?

RIP Patrick day.

Number one I would have 16oz gloves.

Number two I would give 75 seconds in between rounds.

Number 3 a fighter should make the weight the day of the fight.

Number 4 there should be more standing eight counts.

Number 5 I would encourage fighters to take a knee when they are hurt. Being too proud or too afraid to lose a point will make a hurt fighter too stubborn to take a knee. A hurt fighter can get hit with one more shot that can kill him. I would reduce the penalty for taking a knee to half a point.

Number 6 EACH AND EVERY FOUL SHOULD BE PENALIZED BEGINNING WITH THE VERY FIRST ONE....LOW BLOWS, RABBIT PUNCHES, ETC. WI'LL ALL INSTANTLY WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS BE DEDUCTED ONE POINT

I can agree with agree with a few of these things. Weight draining and rehydration play a big parts in the disparity of body mass/power/damage related physics. That was pretty much proven in Gatti/Gamache court case. Same day weighs would instantly fix many issues with the sport. Poorly Fighters with beer guts and b*tch t*ts would be forced to be more disciplined or take their life into their hands fighting opponents that are solid muscle at the weight. those potential matchups could be reviewed individually. At the same time weight bullies would have to fight closer to their actual weight. This also negates the age factor in favor of skill by shaving down the weight cutting younger fighters have over older fighters.

Standing eight counts arent bad as long as it doesnt prolong the beating. The refs have to review the fighters during these counts.

Not fond of the glove thing just because I hate the way 16 oz gloves feel.

For the Penalizing one, youre probably going to need a central organization that's training the refs to spot these things as so many of these subjective to the angles, the refs, etc. too many deductions can win or lose the fight before it actually happens and also makes room for the actors. (someone like hopkins could be up 4 points after the end of the first round.

[Memphis]

It's fine. It's a sport where you get punched in the head until you can't punch back. You're still in more peril playing golf or crown green bowls.

Could it be safer? Of course, some good points have been raised already. Does anyone in real power actually want that?

Whilst the practice of dragging dried out or bloated bodies up and down in weight to make a fight goes on. Lets not pretend that anyone complicit in that practice actually cares about fighter safety.