More padding needs to be added to the canvas

[KillaMane26]

Not really, Ive seen fights that I swore were over that went on. Chit is pretty unreal. Watch that fight I posted. Its a great fight to watch.

One of the best ufc fights ever btw.

[man down]

One of the best ufc fights ever btw.

It really is.

[daggum]

this is why i never criticize floyd for forcing guys to wear pillow gloves against him. getting punched in the head doesn't hurt and has negative side effects. did you guys know that?

[Cutthroat]

You really think the floor killed him? what about the hundreds of punches. Get out. Thick mats kill fighter mobility making it worse. They need to shorten fights.

I think it turned a regular KO into something much more. You see how hard he hit the the floor? His body went limp, it's almost like getting body slammed.

Put it this way, if you fell like that at minimum you're going to probably get a headache afterwards. Sometimes it's that little extra to take something over the top

[Vlad_]

Please don't shorten fights again... was there an objective study done that found shortening fights from 15 to 12 made a difference?

I think fights should be 15 if they are unifications, 12 if they are defenses, and 4-10 otherwise.

That is actually not bad at all. Something to protect the back of the head might minimize rabbit punch damage as well as hitting the mat damage.

[KING MEAT]

Boxing needs to be banned. period.

[Ray*]

I watch the fight and i saw a few shots to the back of the head on Mr Day. I think this is more of a danger than anything else. We really need to eradicate that throughly from the sport. Whether its accidental or not, shots to the back of the head esepcially when two fighters are clinching and were being seperated by the ref should be a NO-NO.

[JayID]

The Major issue in the sport is weigh in times. It would be extremely difficult to implement due to the fighters weight classes but boxing really should do fight night weigh ins. This would complete negate any need to cut weight, which I believe to be the biggest cause for concern when it comes to permanent damage.

It's common knowledge that it's dangerous for you to dehydrate to that extent, only to rehydrate in a matter of hours. Not only that, studies show that the fluid around your brain reduces with dehydration. And when your job involves getting hit in the head, I'd imagine that the two don't mix too well.

Like I said, I have no idea how they would implement it, or who would implement it. The only way to do it would be for all the governing bodies (major WBC WBO IBF) to come together for this one rule, for the safety of boxers, and make it mandatory for any sanctioned fight.

[GhostofDempsey]

Spongy ring canvas will slow fighters down. Not recommended. The ring is springy enough, they don't need padding. Boxing is just a risky sport. It was the punch that killed him. For all we know he may have suffered damage in sparring that was undetected.

[RL_GMA]

Not really, Ive seen fights that I swore were over that went on. Chit is pretty unreal. Watch that fight I posted. Its a great fight to watch.

The majority of MMA fights don't consist of CONSTANT blows to the head which is why you don't see many MMA fighters dying due to brain trauma. The fights are also stopped much quicker when a fighter is dropped.