Accidental headbutt cuts rule.

[craigus1990]

I just thought I would see what peoples opinions are on this rule. A fighter gets cut by an accidental butt, the fight is in the 7th round and gets stopped and one of the fighters gets a TD.
I propose this rule is ******ed. If a fight is a championship fight, it should always be measured by the full 12 rounds unless ended by TKO, KO etc.
How many fights have we seen decided in the championship rounds? If a guy is behind by a couple rounds but then starts coming on strong but gets butted in the 7th and it is stopped it is not fair. Some fighters are slow starters and fight with a gameplan that sees them takeover in the last few rounds. Stopping it early does not encompass all strategies.
I propose all accidental butts that cause cuts bad enough for a fight to be halted should be a NC with an immediate rematch put into action.

[New England]

I just thought I would see what peoples opinions are on this rule. A fighter gets cut by an accidental butt, the fight is in the 7th round and gets stopped and one of the fighters gets a TD.
I propose this rule is ******ed. If a fight is a championship fight, it should always be measured by the full 12 rounds unless ended by TKO, KO etc.
How many fights have we seen decided in the championship rounds? If a guy is behind by a couple rounds but then starts coming on strong but gets butted in the 7th and it is stopped it is not fair. Some fighters are slow starters and fight with a gameplan that sees them takeover in the last few rounds. Stopping it early does not encompass all strategies.
I propose all accidental butts that cause cuts bad enough for a fight to be halted should be a NC with an immediate rematch put into action.

this will certainly never happen. in the wrong circumstances (forcing a rematch of a high dollar fight that ******, for instance,) it would cost promotors and networks tons of money.

just imagine if you had that rule in place for alexander and bradley. that fight was 25% of HBO's world championship boxing budget for the year. a rematch would roughly double that. that's 50% of their budget for the entire year on absolute sh#t, and for that reason it will never happen.


clashes of heads are an unfortunate reality in the sport.

[Martinplateado]

Would be great

[Light_Speed]

What about the fighter who worked his ass off and won nearly every round? Is that fair to him to declare the fight a no contest?

And personally I don't understand why there's a difference between cuts caused by headbutts and cuts caused by punches. Cuts are always accidental, you can't intentionally cut your opponent unless you bite him.