12 Rounds or 15, which do you prefer?

[El Jesus]

i care about people not having brain damage. 12.

[ACHlLLES]

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.

[The Surgeon]

Im a firm believer in 12 rounds

[xzworks]

13 to eliminate the draws..

[Thread Stealer]

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.

[TheGreatA]

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.

[Check]

I like when they have 45 round championship fights. 60 was even better. I like my fights to last all day.

[JOM'S]

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

12 is good

[Home town hero]

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?

[ThunderWolf]

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...