12 Rounds or 15, which do you prefer?

I would prefer 12 but in the spirit of the latest catch-weight fights how about a catch-round fight? 13 rounds and that round lasts 1:30. :D:D

12 rounds.

I think it's cute how people get gassed in the 6th round now and pant their way to a 12 round decision, lol. I remember watching Leonard in the 15th still punching like it was the first. 15 rounds would ensure fighters are actually in good shape again.

hmm 15 rounds sounds good on paper but lets remember safety. does you no good if you are rooting guys with a short life span. 12 is fine now the only dilemma is finding fighters who can survive that long. seems to me that every ppv event is ending in the 2 round. GO LAKERS

I prefer 12 rds. We need to keep people to watch pur sport and casual fans won't watch 15 rds, besides most of the fighters today won't be able to fight 15 rds.

15 rounds for title fights should be standard. People pay 50 to 60 bucks for PPV and anywhere from 100 bucks to 6,000 bucks for tickets. Fighters only fight like 2 or 3 fight MAX per year anyway.

I prefer 15 rounds, as long as it's proven that 15 rounds aren't more dangerous than 12 round fights, then boxing should go back to that. 13-15 are the true championship rounds.

Having a single champion in each weight division would be absolutely fantastic for boxing. By allowing only one organization to hold 15 round title fights, their champions would become legitimized as THE champ in the public eye. The result would be a huge step forward for the sport. It would be good for the sport and the fans, however I question the effects it would have on certain fighters, especially the more avoided fighters. You look at the numerous fighters throughout history who never got their deserved title shots, or waited very long for it. If there were more titles around then, they would've had opportunities to win a belt or work their way into a mandatory position. Having a belt can be a marketing tool for certain fighters. Even the guys in more recent years who have had reputations for being avoided, most of them had a title of sort, and still got big or semi-big fights on HBO.

i care about people not having brain damage. 12. Why in the world are you posting on a boxing forum??? That's wouldn't work as you think. If only some fights are 15 rounders they will become totally different fights. Some fighters would ONLY win those 15 rounders and lose the normal 12 rounders for instance due to pace and conditioning factors. You would see someone really good getting a shot at the ring tittle and then losing it to a Margarito type of fighter. how good would that be for boxing? Either make all championship fights 15 rounders or leave them be 12 rounds. I think 12 is enough. Having a single champion in each weight division would be absolutely fantastic for boxing. By allowing only one organization to hold 15 round title fights, their champions would become legitimized as THE champ in the public eye. The result would be a huge step forward for the sport.

15 rounds for championship fights. exactly, almost every ATG went 15 rounds

15, 12 has diluted the sport. Only for title bouts though. Someone once suggested that the Ring belt holder should vacate the other titles and fight 15 rounders (which would get around the alphabet restrictions), which would give public legitimacy to his claim as world championship, a proposal I am in full agreement with. That's wouldn't work as you think. If only some fights are 15 rounders they will become totally different fights. Some fighters would ONLY win those 15 rounders and lose the normal 12 rounders for instance due to pace and conditioning factors. You would see someone really good getting a shot at the ring tittle and then losing it to a Margarito type of fighter. how good would that be for boxing? Either make all championship fights 15 rounders or leave them be 12 rounds. I think 12 is enough.

i think its common sense that an extra 9 minutes of repeated blows to the skull is more damaging than not having those 9 minutes? Today's fighters throw and land more punches in 12 rounds than yesterday's fighters did in 15 rounds.

Easy question...Do you prefer championships fights to be 12 rounds or 15? Others: Unlimited rounds for world title fights. But referees should be wary to stop fights. It would be a picnic all day, or party all night, weeee...

True, but those fighters are not the fighters that would be worried about when you think about safety and taking sustained beatings that would kill them or leave them permanently damaged in a fight. All of them (except the heavys) were well versed vets in 15 rounds by the time they let laziness take them over. 15 rounds would mean better fights and more knockouts it doesn't get any better so unless there's overwhelming evidence saying it leads to more deaths or permanent damage than I will argue for it. i think its common sense that an extra 9 minutes of repeated blows to the skull is more damaging than not having those 9 minutes?

with 15 rounds fighters tendency to pace themselves ... contributing to slower action... 12 is good

I'm sure a fat, out of shape 40 year old James Toney could go 15 rounds with ease. Why? Because he knows how to pace himself. Archie Moore went 15 rounds when he was around 50 years of age. If you look at the amount of deaths pre-1982 and compare it to today, there is virtually no difference at all. In the 1960's, 55 people died from professional boxing. This was a time when boxing was most heavily criticized. In the 1990's, 55 people died, most due to dehydration. This is not counting ring injuries such as McClellan, Anifowoshe and Watson. During the 1950's and 1970's, not a single boxer died in a world championship bout. In the 1960's two boxers died in world title fights, Davey Moore and Benny Paret. Neither fight went over 12 rounds.

13 to eliminate the draws.. They still had draws when it was 15 rounds. I don't know exactly what the stats are, but I don't think there has been some large increase in fights ending in draws since it's gone to 12 rounds. I don't know if 13 rounds would really change that much regarding draws anyway.

13 to eliminate the draws..

Im a firm believer in 12 rounds

12 rounds because I hit the heavy bag and train and its really hard to even his 12 rounds with 3 minutes of hitting the bag and thats with your opponent punching back which the heavy bag does not do. Boxing is a hard sport that requires alot of dedication, especially in the stamina department.