How would you improve the sport of Boxing?

[intoccabile]

Vaguely realistic suggestions only please. Here are mine.

I love Boxing, but if you were to characterise the sport as a man, you'd have to say he'd let himself go. While the general public will still pay to see big stars and big fights, they do not care for the sport generally because they are confused by it - frankly I don't blame them. Here is my three step plan to slim down Boxing back into fighting shape:

1. Eradicate the sanctioning bodies and reset the organisational aspect of the sport as one world-recognised association in the same vein as FIFA for football/soccer or the ATP for men's Tennis. I'm not sure how this could be done, but perhaps international courts could be petitioned for the sake of the sport. It has been done in other sports, so it can be done with Boxing. Boxing needs to be a little totalitarian in that respect. The general public are confused by the multiple organisations and 'world titles'. Boxing needs ne belt for each division, with mandatories that actually mean something. Hype-job fighters hiding with an alphabet belt milking money while avoiding the best fighters would be a thing of the past, because the status of being a World champion is what brings in the big bucks they dine on. If you can't promote a fight as being a World title fight, you simply won't see that kind of revenue. We'd soon see hype-jobs actually take a shot at the best.

2. Eradicate the following divisions: cruiserweight, super middleweight, light middleweight, light welterweight, super featherweight, super bantamweight, super flyweight and light flyweight. Having that many divisions confuses the general public and gives a place for fighters to hide from other dangerous fighters, all the while claiming to be a world champion. While we'd be robbed of multiple multiple-division champions, at least fighters would have to face the best of their size in order to claim world championship status.

Side Note: the light heavyweight division would be renamed something else to avoid confusion after the culling of the other 'light' divisions.

3. Revert amateur boxing back to how it was. It doesn't resemble the real thing right now and the public can't get excited by it. I'm fine with the headgear and the big gloves, but please take away that ****** scoring system and make fights into fights. The amateur ranks used to be the training ground of the greats and was very handy for promotion of the sport - it should be that way again.

Anyone else got any suggestions? Or, do you like it the way it is?

To be honest, each division now seems to have fallen in it's own. For example.. Martinez a Light MID fought a MID in Pavlik and the size different was incredible. It just goes to show, imo, that each division houses a different type of animal. It wouldn't be fair to ask martinez to drain himself to make 147 or to spend his entire career at 160 like he would have (assuming there was no 154) when he is that much smaller than true middleweights. I personally think the divisions are fine now, often times men venture up and down and then go right back because the differences were drastic.

[DempseyMarciano]

An overall comission. Or like what was posted above, one sanctioning body.

[cooper5]

First dump the sanctioning bodies and make one untouchable ruling body that is beyond reproach. No more buying ratings by promoters. A fighter has to earn his ranking by fighting other contenders. Without the profitable and corupt sanctioning bodies, each with their own champions. The sport would sky rocket.

[$Bullsfam$]

Put boxing back on national television for the masses to watch again.

Wow you actually said something good for once instead of your usual anti-MMA ****. Proud of you!

This, except to be more specific, but some of the bigger fights on National TV. Put the stars of tomorrow on national TV even if they already have belts just to get them noticed. Bradley, Alexander, and Khan should all be on national tv.

[Bushbaby]

Have only 1 championship belt and Interim Belt a division. Reason I would keep Interim? For the secound place/class fighters wanting to get it on.

This change alone would improve boxing greatly!!If there was 1 welterweight champion right now,Pacman & Floyd wouldn't have a choice but to fight!!But being how boxing is,all the different belts & such,they can simply avoid each other!!

[915]

Get rid of suleiman

[UrGonnaLooos]

$$$$ 60% to the winner

40% to loser $$$$

[Tiozzo]

I would add 2 things I have in mind without thinking muchthat haven't been mentionned :

- have instant replays to change bad calls by the ref etc.

- revise the way that fights are scored ; incorporate the possibility of scoring dominant rounds without KD 8/10 or 8.5/10. It would make for much more accurate decisions (it has been proven)

***Call the only world title just that like it used to be, the World title, no WBC or some bull**** like that

[baracuda]

i wont let ******* to demand special rules....

[knn]

I would make the first round 2 minutes and the last round 4 minutes.

That way the "learning phase" (= boring first round) is shortened, while the boxers have to give everything (and more) in the last round.