Ya know...we call this sport all sorts of things. Boxing. Pugilism. The Sweet Science. The list goes on...

And what is it, ultimately? It is 2 people, trained, prepared, hopefully readied to fight the person who stands in front of them to the finish, at whatever cost. I'll go on a limb and say this is how I fight.

What I am watching on tv is not this. It is a bunch of potentially great fighters, forced to reckon with a system of scoring. And because of it, we see such things like the Rau'shee Warran fight. A person who instead of listening to his likely instincts and just battling like a warrior should, get confused in the muddle of who said, what where, when how...and all the other bullshit associated with something so primary and simple as...beat the fook out of the person in front of you!

Add to that I say, get back to basics you shitfookers. If you are a fighter, forget about counting. Beat the shit out of the person in front of you. If you are the corner....let that monster you created be what it is.

Some great boxers are going to make it thru this shit system. They deserve it. Others will be marred by the systems flaws. Time for a serious look at it.