One of them for me is the 3 knockdown rule. Barkley vs Benn was farcical in it's ending IMO still a great win for Benn but the ref wouldn't of stopped it at that point IMO if the rule wasn't in place. If this rule was applied to Marquez vs Pacquiao series may not of got out of the first 3 minutes (No rematch etc). Any others that you feel need to go or are happy have gone?.
:good. The cuts rule here for years was diabolical as well. I remember Paul Edwards going ape when he beat Bayaar for the title in one round. Hardly a punch landed and a clash of heads left Shinny in a right mess and fight was waved off and Edwards gains titles from a headclash atsch.
Well that is kind of one of them things, it happens. The modern rules are the one's that annoy... Going to the scorecards? If a fighter is cut by the head, and according to the offical, accidentally, and the fighter is unable to continue, then he loses. If the head damaged was done according to the offical, on purpose, then the referee disqualifies the fighter who committed the foul if need be. That worked for over Century, so why change it? The ending of 15 rounders also annoys me.
Beacuse it's a nonsense to have a fighter lose his titles in round 1 due to a accidental headclash like what happened to Shinny. I never felt it was a good rule and i doubt many others on here liked it. A NC would of been suffice hardly any punches landed so for me to lose to something that isn't a scoring blow isn't a good enough rule. I'd say the scorecards IMHO is better then the rule that was already in place.
The old cut rule was horrendous, nothing against paul edwards but his win against shinny just summed up how stupied the rule was.
No, a fight is scheduled for a certain distance, and fighters may have tactics/strengths that mean they may benefit if the fight goes into the later rounds, thus it is not fair to judge a fight inside its scheduled distance. If a fighter gets cut due to an accident, it is a physical weakness, like having a soft chin or a lack of punching power. His opponent should not be punished because of this. If it is controversial there can always be a rematch. A classic example would be Napoles and Backus. That is the way to deal with this, not the scorecards in an incomplete fight.
Totally disagree mate. It's not a scoring blow so for me it's a hollow victory for any fighter. If it's a punch i respect it more..
Of course, I too take more from winning with clean blows. But boxing is more than that. Accidental clashes happen, and how you recover from such blows has its part in the sport too. Not cutting up, like things such as the ability to take blows, the power and speed of punches are to degrees, 'natural' skills, in that they are unevenly distributed to boxers, and to a point, not something that can be taught. So was it a hollow victory that Julian Jackson flattened Herol Graham? After all Graham clearly was the better boxer, and Jackson had 'freaky' power. I suspect like me you would say no. But Graham was 'unlucky', and probably would of won that fight 99 times out of 100 if the fourth round was replayed. So you could argue on that, that Graham was just the victim of an accidental clash, a freak of nature...
Listen i disagree i don't think the Jackson fight is valid to point i'm making someone else can correct me if i'm wrong, I'm talking about headclashes not punches. A headclash isn't a scoring punch and is a hollow victory IMO. The rule was old and not well thought out and the likes of Mr Bayaar lost there titles to something that wasn't a scoring punch which is sad and he never got a rematch now with a NC he would of held his titles and probably had a rematch with Edwards. He probably would of fought on being the warrior he is but the ref waved it off. I just can't accept that rule being better to what we have now.. We may as allow headclashes as part of the game if we're going to look at a fighters skin being weak when cut upon by a head not a glove. Judging by your post you clearly disagree and i do and get the sense it's 'change is not good' attitude to the sport.