Should unification title bouts be 15 rounds?

[ykdadamaja]

...well, what do you think? I miss the 15 rounders.

[bradlee180]

All World Title bouts should be 15 rds.

$#!t separates the men from the boys.

"The fight don't really start until the 12th. After the 12th, your balls are tight, your @$$hole locks up, and you want nothing more than to cry. The 13th-15th is what separates a man from a boy." - Mike "The Body-Snatcher" McCallum.

There's just something beautiful about watching a Great, durable pressure-fighter practice his craft by getting the ever-lovin' $#!t kicked out of him for better than half the fight as the other guy holds all the advantages of speed, power, reflexes, skills, footwork, technique, defense, but the pressure fighter is all steely-resolve, toughness, Heart, endurance, and determination that he's gonna get this more-skilled guy late in the fight when The Great Pretender caves in psychologically and physically...



...and same-day weigh-ins should be reinstated too.

[IamInuit]

My boxing utopia would include one title and 15 rounds to decide it. Even today when I hear the phrase championship rounds I shudder a little. Trouble is today with few exceptions even with all these so-called improvements in nutrition, science, technique, training and biochemistry etc most fighters are gassed and breathing through the mouth in round 6.

[Vendettos]

Ask Duk Koo Kim or Benny Paret.

[Dark Lord Al]

I prefer 15 round fights , bring them back.

[IamInuit]

Ask Duk Koo Kim or Benny Paret.

That is urban legend my friend. Not that they died but that 15 round title fights cause more deaths.
The main reason they moved to 12 from 15 is because the time fit better for 1 hour television slots.
The change was made over marketing

Deaths per round



1-45

2-62

3-54

4-82

5-49

6-95

7-46

8-71

9-44

10-92

11-13

12-35

13-10

14-10

15-13

[Dark Lord Al]

Ask Duk Koo Kim or Benny Paret.

That is urban legend my friend. Not that they died but that 15 round title fights cause more deaths.
The main reason they moved to 12 from 15 is because the time fit better for 1 hour television slots.
The change was made over marketing

Deaths per round



1-45

2-62

3-54

4-82

5-49

6-95

7-46

8-71

9-44

10-92

11-13

12-35

13-10

14-10

15-13

Thank you Kevin for the statistical master class as usual.

[Vendettos]

Ask Duk Koo Kim or Benny Paret.

That is urban legend my friend. Not that they died but that 15 round title fights cause more deaths.
The main reason they moved to 12 from 15 is because the time fit better for 1 hour television slots.
The change was made over marketing

Deaths per round



1-45

2-62

3-54

4-82

5-49

6-95

7-46

8-71

9-44

10-92

11-13

12-35

13-10

14-10

15-13

Top post mate.

[bradlee180]

Ask Duk Koo Kim or Benny Paret.

"During contests, pro boxers are most likely to die from injuries received during rounds 4, 6, 8, and 10. Amateurs, on the other hand, are most likely to die from injuries received during round 3."- The Manuel Velazquez Fatality Collection.

Rd 6 particularly has led to the most fatalities.

[bradlee180]

Yep, spot-on about that the real reason for moving to 12 rds over the 1 hr timeslot.
They gave that bogus reason about fighter-safety and studies about the 15th rd.

[p4pking]

Yea thats a cool find Inuit! Weird how there are a lot more deaths on even numbered rounds... I'm assuming it means the fights all ended on the rounds listed, instead of trying to determine at what point injuries occurred despite how much longer it went on Pretty shocking there have been 45 deaths caused in the 1st if so, I've certainly never heard of or seen a fight where that's happened. I'd guess the vast majority of those numbers don't come from the west or anywhere with reasonable matchmaking and athletic commissions.