Is it time to do 13-round fights...?

[Combat Talk Radio]

It seems much more common now that fights are ending down to the absence of "one more round".

[Richard G]

Won't boxers adapt to having the extra round so nothing will change? Alternatively a full 12 round fight can be very hard on a boxer physically and mentally, I don't know but suspect that beyond human endurance 14 rounders like the Thrilla in Manilla were responsible for cutting back to 12.

[leppard365]

hell no

reduce to 11 if anything

i get so bored watching fights nowadays, most are a snooze fest. reduce, do not increase.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Won't boxers adapt to having the extra round so nothing will change? Alternatively a full 12 round fight can be very hard on a boxer physically and mentally, I don't know but suspect that beyond human endurance 14 rounders like the Thrilla in Manilla were responsible for cutting back to 12.

Nope, 12 was because a boxer died (Duk Koo Kim) after a 14-rounder. Which is why I went down to 13.

11 would be fine - either way, my point is to have odd rounds to negate the possibility of scoring draws in a 10-point-must system. The only way to get 114-114 is because you can score 6 rounds to both guys; you get an odd number, there's no more draw.