What rule would you change? I mean rules within the fight itself, so don't say "I'd combine the divisions," or "I wish there were only one belt."
I mean rules that a ref actually rules on during a fight.
So for example, one rule that drives me nuts is how when a fighter loses the mouthpiece, the ref takes it to his corner, has it rinsed off, then puts it back in.
This drives me crazy, because it kills tons of time, kills the flow, and gives a break to the guy who lost his mouthpiece.
I know it's dirty to pick something off the floor and just stick it back in your mouth, but these are fighters, they're sweating and bleeding all over each other. They can put a mouthpiece back in without rinsing it.
For example, I thought Corrales gained a huge unfair advantage vs. Castillo by spitting out his mouthpiece twice. He got tons of extra time to recover. The ref should have been able to simply pick the mouthpiece up and shove it back in place.
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