what would u change in boxing today

[theironone]

I think in respect of the weigh in i actually think it's good they weigh in 24 hours before, but i think a fighter should only be permitted to put on a certain amount of weight in between, so for example fighters like gatti and Cotto who put on alot of weight would not be allowed to fight in the 140 division they would have to step up to 147, getting a fighter to his nearest 'natural' fighting weight can only be good, it'l make the fights fairer and might even expose a few 'big uns' who dry out to the extreme.
An idea maybe would be that they are not allowed to go over into the next weight class eg, cotto weighs in 140 the highest he's permitted to go would be 146, obviously with this sort of system, a fighters weight would have to be monitered much closer in the training so that they aren't dropping too much weight, if your a pro athlete then you should train like one ala Hopkins etc, then maybe we would get less Ricky Hattons - who is always in tip top shape come fight night but balloons up terribly in between fights, which isn't good for you. Back to the Cotto point cos he regularly comes in over 150 he should be fighting at 147, and i'm not having a dig at him it's just the most relevent fighter i can apply it too since he fought only the other week

[Sinatra.Jr]

ring card girls should show something more interesting events

[tracylee]

i think he means he would make bare assed ring card girls mandatory, beautiful

lol, I know I just twisted it around for the hell of it and knew my opinion on that wouldnt be the 'popular' one!

[tracylee]

Another couple of things that I would like to add. Requiring champion fighters to defend their belts every 4 months is not rational. These fighters are fighting the best fighters in the world, constantly. The damage sustained in fights can some times take 3 months to heal before they are able to even train again. Rockin'

Okay, this I can understand, and I read in a book (Ringside and Training Principles) that after fighting a 12 round fight that fighter has to wait up to 6 mo's before fighting again; and even longer if that fighter lost by ko (because of concussion). I dont see how they can fight as often as they do legally anyway, let alone 4 times a yr

[Dr.Depravity]

The one thing that I haven't seen lately, that I think they should bring back. Standing 8 counts. That would cut down on a lot of the contravercial stoppages. I also agree with most of the other post about cutting down the sanctioning bodies, and having a regular boxing commission.

[Tha Greatest]

drop the ****** belts

One champion in each weight class
there should be ONE best not FOUR
then that way they will be remembered better
If someone becomes the wbo champion they wont be remembered to well because there's 3 other champions, then there's all this other bull****.
Back in the days there was ONE champion.
When fighters lost 20 pounds for a fight they will pay for it.
The weighin is fine, builds up the hype for the fight.
ONLY ONE BELT THOUGH

[Rockin']

Less padding in the gloves = More damage, guarenteed more blood & cuts

this has to be one of the most inhumaine and ignorant posts that I have seen on this board. You have obviously never been tagged with an 8oz glove so you would not know how it tears your flesh. Smaller gloves, more damage, more blood, more cuts, = more knockouts, more deaths. That would just be great for boxing. I can see your logic clearly..........Rockin'............... Ramon=

[tracylee]

this has to be one of the most inhumaine and ignorant posts that I have seen on this board. You have obviously never been tagged with an 8oz glove so you would not know how it tears your flesh. Smaller gloves, more damage, more blood, more cuts, = more knockouts, more deaths. That would just be great for boxing. I can see your logic clearly..........Rockin' Ramon=

AND, the more cuts, the more early stoppages. Thats never a good thing

[jack_the_rippuh]

I would change it back to 15 rounds and have the champs face a mandatory only once a year, but defend their title 4 times a year...
That way we could see the good fights..

[phallus]

lol, I know I just twisted it around for the hell of it and knew my opinion on that wouldnt be the 'popular' one!

i'd like to see u as a ring card girl, beautiful, but not at one of my fights - with u there to distract me i'd get KO'd for the first time ever