The "12th Round Syndrome"

[TitoFan]

you're not sure how much you've got left to give till you get there.


Evil training thing a coach used to do. Tell you it was your last round on the bags, sparring etc. So people had that final push! Only to be told 'one more'! Surprising how much extra you can bring.

You might be on to something here.

Naww, just kidding... I know this technique wouldn't fly in real fights (not that I wouldn't want to try it). But what other radical measure could be taken to force the fighters not to wait until the 12th round to actually fight? Maybe bring back the failed "live scoring", where the fighters know the score at key points during the fight. I know it didn't work then, but maybe with some sort of twist. Ah, what the hell.

Just saying...

Open scoring is always a terrible idea if you want more action. The fighter who is ahead gets on his bike and a guy doing that is almost impossible to be effective against.

Want a radical solution? Make each succeeding round more valuable in terms of points. That makes the fighter always look ahead to winning the next round because he can cut a gap drastically.

Now THAT'S the spirit.

Great ideas often come from thinking outside the box. It may or may not work, but wouldn't it be worth a try? The assignment of points per round would probably have to be tweaked a little bit here and there.... but the intent is good.