would you like to see standing 8 counts back? vote

[moltres.]

This is something I believe is ******ly underrated as a strategy by boxers. I mean how many guys do we see hurt as f#ck throwing down vs guys who take a strategic knee to get a lil breather/recover? It virtually never happens.

And the guys who do this the most are the "opponent" type guys who are likely losing every round anyway & while using it strategically they are only using it strategically to not be KO'd & therefore suspended + lose money for future fights due to that suspension.

There's too much macho bs in boxing sometimes. I bet there are a great many upsets that'd have been not upsets if the guy who got dinged up just took a count & got himself back a lil bit.

yeah youre very right. So many fights could of changed, and the person who got tko'd could have survived if they take the knee or touch down smartly.

I can think of one fight where the guy who surely could of been tko'd got the win. Chico corrales going down 3 times in one round. He was fatigued, got up at 9 having his glove on the canvas (a british ref would of waved it off and it was weeks lol)

got up, had 15 - 20 seconds when he took out his mouth piece. tko corrales.

id say thats similar. miguel gets called kneeguel occasionally by people, but its more of a joke.

[boliodogs]

No, I think it's useless. It counts as a knockdown and costs the boxer 2 points when he was not knocked down. If the boxer is helpless but still on his feet then stop the fight and call it a tko. The boxer himself can take a knee at any time and give himself an 8 count if he thinks he needs one.