Bring back 15 round fights

[mucho testosterone]

I like this...in championship bouts...forces the fighters to condition themselves more.

the only difference in 12 and 15 rds is heart not conditioning ....and unrepairable damage to the fighters..... someone has to step in and be the voice of reason.....It will never go back to 15 rds...

Boxing is hard on a man whether it's 12 rounds or 15 rounds. I know that they did some study about when a boxer takes the most damage and I know that they said it was in the last three rounds but tell that to the guys who fought Tyson back in the day.

It's all relative to whom your opponent is. IMO the study was put forth and the max rounds changed to get all of the activists to back off.

[Jody Lane]

I like this...in championship bouts...forces the fighters to condition themselves more.

the only difference in 12 and 15 rds is heart not conditioning ....and unrepairable damage to the fighters..... someone has to step in and be the voice of reason.....It will never go back to 15 rds...

Boxing is hard on a man whether it's 12 rounds or 15 rounds. I know that they did some study about when a boxer takes the most damage and I know that they said it was in the last three rounds but tell that to the guys who fought Tyson back in the day.

It's all relative to whom your opponent is. IMO the study was put forth and the max rounds changed to get all of the activists to back off.

I agree that activists spent too much time bugging us about shit. And if they did a study today they would say the same thing, the last three rounds. So do we drop title fights to nine rounds?

[DaxxKahn]

I am against it....Truly....Say what you's want but I believe in the safety of the fighters that is why they nbwent to 12 in the first place

[CGM]

I believe in the safety of fighters too. I just don't see much evidence that reducing title fights from 15 to 12 made a big difference. There is a certain logic to it all, but precious little supporting evidence. Personally I think it was more of a knee jerk reaction.

[blegit]

Taking the fights down to 12 rounds is a safety move. It is a must. Humans are only evolving into bigger, stronger, and faster athletes. What athletes can do now is much more deadlier. With 15 rounds you would surely see many more deaths and other tragedies. Marciano was an 187 pound heavyweight. Now we have 6'7" 260 pound heavyweights on the regular. 15 rounds of guys that size would be much more disastrous. I know fans like to see only their perspective and want blood at whatever cost but boxing is still a sport. We can not allow it to be savagery. Ward/Gatti for 15 rounds? Thats 45 minutes of getting punched. That'd be like pushing MMA title fights to 9 five minute rounds. Boxing once was an ignorant sport. It used to be bareknuckle, used to have eternal rounds, used to not end a round until a knockdown occurred, etc. Boxing already holds the longest fights 36 minute fights. 15 rounds would be tunneled vision acknowledgement of the people outside the ring and a total disregard for the safety of the fighters. Nice for the fans but deadlier chances for the human beings in the ring.

[Dizaster]

I don't mind the 12 rounds, but I think change the way the purse works so fighters get more for winning and less for losing.. Then i'd like to say say throw in a sliding scale so you get more for more rounds you win, but the judges already have to much power in a lot of cases and when their ridiculous scoring determins a couple of 100 thousand dollars, I wouldn't like to touch that one with a pole...
But a bonus for win by knockout would be good...

Just add some more haste and fireworks in the the 12 rounds we have and i'd be happy...

Plus thinking of some of the more boring fights of recent memory, they were already 9 rounds to long...

[CGM]

Taking the fights down to 12 rounds is a safety move. It is a must. Humans are only evolving into bigger, stronger, and faster athletes. What athletes can do now is much more deadlier. With 15 rounds you would surely see many more deaths and other tragedies. Marciano was an 187 pound heavyweight. Now we have 6'7" 260 pound heavyweights on the regular. 15 rounds of guys that size would be much more disastrous. I know fans like to see only their perspective and want blood at whatever cost but boxing is still a sport. We can not allow it to be savagery. Ward/Gatti for 15 rounds? Thats 45 minutes of getting punched. That'd be like pushing MMA title fights to 9 five minute rounds. Boxing once was an ignorant sport. It used to be bareknuckle, used to have eternal rounds, used to not end a round until a knockdown occurred, etc. Boxing already holds the longest fights 36 minute fights. 15 rounds would be tunneled vision acknowledgement of the people outside the ring and a total disregard for the safety of the fighters. Nice for the fans but deadlier chances for the human beings in the ring.

You make a good argument, I suppose, but none of it is particularly relevant to rounds 13-15 in title fights. It's as much an argument for reducing the length to 10 rounds, or three, or preventing fighters form having more than 20 career fights, or banning the sport altogether.

[Pavlik]

Yes for me, makes fights alot more exciting. More bang for the buck, I'm not sure if it's safer for the boxers though

[Mar]

Hell naw , I wanna see who can fight the best , not the longest.