If you could change anything about boxing

[AntonTheMeh]

what would it be?



I'd like to change a number of things, but first and most importantly get rid of all the alphabet titles and have just one governing body and one title.

this and get rid of some divisions.

[Jorge Swaby]

the fact that judges give the fight to the fighter that trows the most punches, instead of the fighter thatn lands the most.

[Dynamite Kid]

what would it be?



I'd like to change a number of things, but first and most importantly get rid of all the alphabet titles and have just one governing body and one title.

yep that is favourite without a doubt i think nearly everybody would like this to happen

at the very least i would like to have Rival Champions ranked as a mandatory for other rival Champions

[jessielinkin]

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[TheProudLunatic]

Better views for the judges
They should have the best seats in the house.

[real raw]

Weight in, in the dressing room, just before the fight.

[DeeMoney]

landing punches would count more than trying to land punches and missing

Haha, along those lines I think landing punches should matter more than, making your opponent not land punches. In other words, defense should not be a scored criteria. Defense is how you prevent your opponent from scoring, by articulating it as a scoring metric you end up counting it twice.

[Boxing 112]

1. Although the 4 organisations are a joke they could stay since they have been around a while just need changing and realistically it cannot go to 1 belt, people love claiming should be 1 belt when even in their grandfathers age there was more than 1 belt. Dempsey held the NYSAC, NBA and Ring title in 1923. 103 years ago. They need to work together to improve their rankings system. There should be 1 main body like a boxing ombudsman who has to approve the 4 organisations decisions. We all ready know frauds like Sulaiman will do what they want and fighters they favour

2. The 4 organisations need to scrap ALL secondary titles including interims. Start ranking each others champions.

3. Compubox become non existent. Fans love using it as some kind of know it all to prove who won a fight when it is a guy hitting some buttons when they think a punch should count.

4. Commentary influence viewers. Neutral commentators not signed to a network. Those signed to a network will tend to speak favourably about the fighters who are signed to the promotional outfit who are signed to the same network.

5. Champions MUST defend their title at least twice a year. Only exemptions are injuries where real proof is provided. 'Mental health' claim doesn't count, e.g Charlo getting to keep his belt not fighting 2 years with no physical injuries should have been stripped.

6. Any top 15 should also fight a minimum 2 fights per year or be dropped from the rankings

7. Organisations work together for less mandatories if a fighter holds multiple belts. E.g Usyk has WBA WBC IBF. Their no.1 ranked fighters face off to decide who will be mandatory. If they keep interims than interims ordered to fight each other to decide the mandatory.

8. Unifications and Undisputed always be approved and mandatories not come in the way. Some people think Unifications or Undisputed trump mandatories, this isn't always the case, the fighters still need to ask the relevant organsations for approval and they can still order a mandatory. It should be an automatic trumps mandatories

9. Judges wear noise cancelling headphones so they cannot hear anyone elses opinion near by and so they cannnot be influenced by the crowd noise. I think wbc tried this but should be a thing for all judges across any pro fight whatever level.

10. Excessive clinching or running and barely any punches thrown, potential point taken

11. Less time wasting before fights by the networks or promoters. Pundits not talking too long and scrap the national anthems they are not needed

12. 5 judges

13. Draws. Mandatory rematch. But change implement to make a draw even more rare in the first place

14. Rehydration limit like IBF. I know people do not agree with rehydration clauses, but if it's an issue for the fighter then they're a weight bully, move up.

15. A team can go to a video referee if they feel a knockdown should have been given. E.g where a fighters glove has touched the canvas but a ref did not give the knockdown

16. Mandatory 365 testing. Every top 20 at least signed up for it. I don't know who is signed up to vada 365 i do not think many have. I know Canelo and Haney have at some point. Testing should not only be for camp.

[TheProudLunatic]

Haha, along those lines I think landing punches should matter more than, making your opponent not land punches. In other words, defense should not be a scored criteria. Defense is how you prevent your opponent from scoring, by articulating it as a scoring metric you end up counting it twice.

There is a skill to making your opp look desperate, almost amateurish in his attempt to land punches.

As much as us fight fans would love blood baths, not all fighters are built for that face first fist eating.

That style also doesn't make for a prosperous career in the long term. Medical issues in retirement.
Fighting smarter, not harder, is the sweet science.

What separates a "runner" from a tactician is taking advantage of ineffective aggression.
AKA counterpunching.

Of the 2, I'd much rather reward a tactician than a swing and a miss type guy and someone should be rewarded.

[gauze]

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