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Are we talking about ending careers or just saying you can't fight if you've had three knockouts in 18 months? You made a good point about tko's for cuts, etc. But it seems reasonable to say that a fighter needs should not be getting knocked out on a regular basis over a number of years. Even if the rule was that you can't have had three knockouts within last 18 months and you'd had three over a 17 month span then you just need to wait another month to fight. If you keep getting knocked out at least they would be spaced out a little more. And maybe its 4 within 18 months or 3 within a year... the details could change so that people can still make their living, but IMO the idea is sound.

As for the licensing, if there could be a federal law requiring the insurance it would probably be the most efficient way of dealing with all the commitees at once.
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There are two rubs
A)Youve just handed way to much discretion to a ref,one bad stoppage,and your out of your ability to make a living.Lets face it,crappy stoppages happen constantly
B) Lisence standards are not universal,and theres no way to get them to be,the individual states wont give up the leeway
In Virginia for example,all they ask for is a sports physical.In California,and Pennsylvania they run you through a barrage before the lisence and sanction you,including an EKG and a Catsacan

Thats the thing with boxing,there is no unniversaly recognised governing body
Are we talking about ending careers or just saying you can't fight if you've had three knockouts in 18 months? You made a good point about tko's for cuts, etc. But it seems reasonable to say that a fighter needs should not be getting knocked out on a regular basis over a number of years. Even if the rule was that you can't have had three knockouts within last 18 months and you'd had three over a 17 month span then you just need to wait another month to fight. If you keep getting knocked out at least they would be spaced out a little more. And maybe its 4 within 18 months or 3 within a year... the details could change so that people can still make their living, but IMO the idea is sound.

As for the licensing, if there could be a federal law requiring the insurance it would probably be the most efficient way of dealing with all the commitees at once.
If you keep getting dropped,most states wont sanction you anymore
Cali has a 30 day no contact at all rule after a KO/TKO

I see that rule broken all the time everywhere. Besides you are getting off topic and starting to argue different things such as this state does this and that state does that ect....Ref makes bad stoppages ect...almost like you are making excuses for things to happen....Question was just a point on certain things and if people thought it was a cause worth persuing no one mentioned re altering the sport....

Virgina the state you speak of let a guy who was KO'd and TKO'd in 5 of his last 6 fights and has not had a win since 2001...your going to tell me this guy is not a punching bag?....And besides cat scans do not always show things and EKG's are usually only accurate at the time of a problem EG if your having a heart attack an EKG will show the heart movement...when you are OK again the EKG will show normality....

Same as a catscan....