Which rules in Boxing are in need of change/update?

[juggernaut666]

First is actually an interesting idea. Maybe each weight class has a and b groups. A is above a certain avg height (in that weight class) B is anything average or below. It wont happen but its interesting.

Freakish height advantages beat a lot of good fighters, as much as being a ****in short dude. Plus, except for hw, a big part of huge height advantages is weight cutting, which is already an issue that distorts matchups.

I was only joking but the way you put it maybe it’s not as bad a thought .

I do like the second idea which was also a joke , zapping them at a certain point to force a better fight .


If I had an actual real rule change though it’s eliminating draws and introducing a sudden death round which I’ve wanted for decades , I know I’ve seen it on DAZN with some boxing brand ? But it’s not universally recognized.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Assuming the judges are honest and actually competent (the single most important aspect), they must be given video monitors to watch the fight. The only reason we still have judges scoring from ringside seats is because of tradition. We’re at a stage in history where that imperfect method is no longer necessary. I’ve been to enough live fights. It’s very clear that fans at home have a better view than the judges. That’s just crazy.

[K--]

I'd dial back some of the clinching rules to allow for more "dirty boxing" tactics. Return the sport to something that more closely resembles a "real" fight. You can see boxers even now resist the urge to pull their opponents head down while punching. It's a natural part of fighting.

Reducing the amount of rounds on the whole could be a good move as well. It would remove advantages from certain fighters, but would allow more compelling fight cards to be constructed. Though this would drive down the purses for fighters too I think.

[lefthook2daliva]

Go back to same day weigh ins. Surprised this wasn't on the first page.

[Haka]

Same day weigh in, with an official weigh in a week before, optionally a 3rd weigh in 2 weeks before the fight. Prevents boxers that rely on weightcutting to do any actual boxing preparation, and have to cut for 3 weeks straight, which forces them to move up to avoid all that cutting.

[BustedKnuckles]

I was only joking but the way you put it maybe it’s not as bad a thought .

I do like the second idea which was also a joke , zapping them at a certain point to force a better fight .


If I had an actual real rule change though it’s eliminating draws and introducing a sudden death round which I’ve wanted for decades , I know I’ve seen it on DAZN with some boxing brand ? But it’s not universally recognized.

Was it DAZN? I thought those sudden deaths were at probox at the beginning. I like that too, but i saw a few that were ruled as a draw seemingly just to push the sudden death round.

[brettWall]

Get rid of judges involved in robberies. They do great injustice to deserving winners. The damage they do changes the course of boxing history. Why they're allowed to go back and perform the same task and get paid is beyond me.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Have you ever sat on the apron? You see considerably more than you do on a monitor.

Getting sprayed with a guy's sweat tells you something you don't get from a monitor.

Reaction, punch sound, breathing plus other intangibles, are lost to the monitor observer

Yes, replaying events exposes more than what may well be missed initially, but judges wouldn't (shouldn't) be doing that during a fight.

I'm against it. No judges is better. Let's go back to NWS decisions. Makes the commissions and sanctioning bodies weaker.

You count the stoppages, all the rest end officially as ND (no decision) bouts.

Newspapers (Internet) and fans (Internet) decide what happened.

(It will also generate rematches that are often ducked via a mere SD win.)

No need to provide a decision except to satisfy the gamblers. Which can prove to be 'not a good thing.'

Let them, the bookmakers and casinos, go back to handling their own ******** problems and corruptions.

Make the sanctioning bodies and commissions weaker. Let the fan decide what he saw.

The answer to a more fair fight game is not expanded intervention or high tech innovation, but less regulation; less empowerment over deciding what is in reality merely a subjective opinion (open to corruption).

I haven’t judged a fight, so I haven’t sat from their perspective. I have been a second in one amateur fight, and I’ve been pretty close to ringside on a couple of other occasions. Without a doubt a judge will have a much greater sense of a fight — IF he/she is sitting in the right spot for a particular exchange. And that’s the trouble: judges are seated at various parts of the ring; and therefore, one or even two judges can miss an important sequence at any given moment. Sure it’s nice to have a visceral sense of the action; but in my opinion it should not affect sound scoring, based on the recognized scoring criteria. Everything the fans see on TV is generally clearer, even without the aid of slo-mo replays.

As for your other ideas, you’re suggesting a fundamental change to the very way boxing matches are decided — one that is not likely to ever happen.

[juggernaut666]

Was it DAZN? I thought those sudden deaths were at probox at the beginning. I like that too, but i saw a few that were ruled as a draw seemingly just to push the sudden death round.

Probably both I do remember pro box doing it to .

In championship fights the loser should lose 30% of their purse to , you’ll see a huge jump in knockout wins .