Comments Thread For: Making The Sport Safer: Standing 8 Counts and Early Stoppages

[LoadedWraps]

I definitely disagree with the second recommendation. Let it be known, 'wraps condemns it!

What I would be in favor of, is shorter rounds in a fight. It can still be a chess match, and no it doesn't favor faster starting come forward fighters. I'm a defensive minded slick feather fisted fighter myself and all you need is a round to go to work. Every round is a chessmach in microcosm, so you don't lose any real quality of what boxing is at the core. All it does do, is speed things up a bit, and creates urgency sooner.

That said, this is the oldest sport known to man. A true blood sport. A gladiator sport. And these are grown men both willing to participate in it, and get paid to do it. I say let them fight to the death if they want to. I both watch, and box regularly myself, and take the risks that go with it.

[Eff Pandas]

Do you need a science to tell that knocking out a person who still reflects standing is not the same as knocking out a person in groggy mode, where he basically a standing body?

Not understanding how you are explaining it but YES this needed to be studied cuz nfl guys were being sent out to play after having concussions. And still in boxing guys are being allowed to box post-concussion like one of the biggest cash cows in the game, AJ, recently was. Thats begging for f#cked up sh^t to happen.

And the f#cked up thing is no one is gonna care enough to realize how f#cking dumb how things currently work are til a guy as big in the game as AJ dies in the ring.