Should Boxing Return To 15 Round Chgampionship Fights?

[Poet682006]

Your thoughts gentlemen?

Poet

[passdabutter]

id love that

[Chipper]

they should at least make 13 rounds so draws are less common

[D.I.E.S.E.L]

personally i don't think that will be good for the fighters or the people watching. Championship fights is about going all out and getting the win...if thats the fighters mentality it should not go 15 rounds

[Poet682006]

personally i don't think that will be good for the fighters or the people watching. Championship fights is about going all out and getting the win...if thats the fighters mentality it should not go 15 rounds

Ever watch the "Thrilla In Manila"?

Poet

[D.I.E.S.E.L]

yea...with this generation of fighters you won't find 1 that will go 15 rounds for a championship...things have changed..besides if you can take a your opponent out in 3 rounds or less...why would you go 15...think about this, would u like to watch Floyd go 15 rounds with the best fighter in his weight class?

[loui_ludwig]

they should at least make 13 rounds so draws are less common

They should have a 13th round in case of a draw.

As far as 15 rounds, as exciting it might be like in the past fights, its bette to stay 12 rounds. My reason is for the boxer's health. Just look at what happen at the Hopkins VS Wright undercards. If it was a 15 roudn fight, Amonsot might have suffer a worst head injury.

[Poet682006]

yea...with this generation of fighters you won't find 1 that will go 15 rounds for a championship...things have changed..besides if you can take a your opponent out in 3 rounds or less...why would you go 15...think about this, would u like to watch Floyd go 15 rounds with the best fighter in his weight class?

Yeah, actually I would. They were called the "championship rounds" for a reason. It's what separated the men from the boys. If today's generation of crybabies want to be wimps, well tough. Maybe they should be doing their roadwork instead of blowing up in weight between fights.

Poet

[Poet682006]

They should have a 13th round in case of a draw.

As far as 15 rounds, as exciting it might be like in the past fights, its bette to stay 12 rounds. My reason is for the boxer's health. Just look at what happen at the Hopkins VS Wright undercards. If it was a 15 roudn fight, Amonsot might have suffer a worst head injury.

His injury could just as easily have taken place in the third round. In which case he would have had NINE more rounds to go instead of just three.

Poet

[phallus]

i liked the 15 round title fights, but back then they had different gloves too. less padding, today's gloves have too much padding - fights go longer and there's more brain rattling shots. the old guys were just tougher, today's fighters are *******