bring back 15 round fights

[LoadedWraps]

you got us, just when we thought this was gonna be a constructive discourse about the fight rounds, it became a floyd thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_distance_%28boxing%29#Distance_change_criticisms

i forget i think it changed in the 80's.

At least half the threads on NSB are truly about criticizing Floyd or Manny, or their fans as an agenda, hidden or obvious, I don't hesitate to call the TS's out who do it either. It's trolling and it's childish.

Boxing fans who actually come to discuss boxing recognize one another and carry on despite the children playing bait-the-fan.

[AntonTheMeh]

Ray Mancini-Kim, I still think we should have 15 rounders despite all that.

right. kim died after the fight.

[littlemac]

15 rounds will only force fighters to pace themselves more which will end up only giving you more rounds with less action. No thanks as well as no thanks to open scoring.

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15 rounds will only force fighters to pace themselves more which will end up only giving you more rounds with less action. No thanks as well as no thanks to open scoring.

That's a legit argument, however there was an abundance of amazing fights in the 15 round era so it's hard to really say. Imagine the Ali-Fraizer trilogy being limited to 12, or how about Leonard-Hearns 1 shortened by 3 critical rounds. I think 15 round fights really separates the men from the boys, so I'm in favor of it.

[aryan]

it aint a floyd thing but he is the spokeperson of the sport and the highest paid athlete in the world, for what? hagler wanted it 12 rounds and it cost him the fight, man i think these people really beleive what is happening is normal. max kellerman type people. its weak.

[Carpe Diem]

Canelo would instantly quit boxing.

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Canelo would instantly quit boxing.

lol


Cotto as well.

[Doctor_Tenma]

15 rounds will only force fighters to pace themselves more which will end up only giving you more rounds with less action. No thanks as well as no thanks to open scoring.

To an extent this may be true, but I believe we'll see more knock outs.

[aryan]

i think people need to watch some old fights. ****loads of knockouts happen late. how many championship fights recently have we watch and it never even gets going. this is boxing . they get paid enough and the pacing agrument is garnage.

[Poet682006]

why did it even get reduced to 12 in the first place?

The Mancini-Kim affair was just one of many excuses used to get rid if 15 round title fights. The real reason was the TV networks who wanted fights they could squeeze nicely into one hour time blocks to sell to advertisers. 15 round fights typically exceeded that when you factored pre-fright introductions and post-fight reading of the score cards.

Bottom-line is money talks.

Want to see one of the last 15 round title fights? Go watch Holyfield-Qawi I: It's an absolute war, 15 rounds of non-stop brutal action.

Poet