Best Way To Fix Boxing

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by lastletter26, Apr 28, 2010.


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  1. lastletter26

    lastletter26 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    As We see Floyd Mayweather is coming out trying to LEAD a crusade against PEDs to clean up the sport. While I agree with him in that regard I think that thier are other matters that need to be addressed if boxing is to truely be cleaned up.

    I'm not gonna go on about only having 1 belt in every division because that is out of the question. Boxing moves with business sense so it's gonna keep the 4 main titles because there is more money in more championship fights. More belts =more champions=more regional fans who will pay to see thier fighters fight for a belt or defend it. Bigger money in unification bouts. Then They one by one strip a fighter who unifies the belts until he has no more than 2 belts (mostly 1 belt) and repeat the process (MORE MONEY).

    So Here's what I think should happen to curb that and I feel alot of fighters and trainers would be behind it but not too many promoters. I feel that boxing should hold thier judges to a higher standard like those of other sports that grade and rate thier refs, such as baseball, basketball and football. Though they do hold the ref to a high standard (or used too) in boxing, the judges equally have as much power as the ref so they should shared the scrutiny. Having judges graded/rated by a panel of former fighters, trainers and referees like they do in other sports will insure that judges are more proffessional in thier approaches. So even before one becomes a judge he/she should have been through training and tested judging fights. Being rated high from starting from the bottom gets a judge bigger fights as he continues to earn a high rating. One sign of curruption you should be banned like mike donnelly was from the NBA.

    For the panel of former fighters, trainers, and referees there should be a set number, whether 4 or 10 which rate the judges scoring against the scoring criteria. There should be psych evaluations to make sure the panel member has no nationalistic, racial, or any type of bias going on. Making sure they judge the judges fairly nomatter which fight was taking place.

    I know thier would be alot more too it but I'll let you guys throw your thoughts out there. Main concern to me would be the money issue. Mainly How would they pay the judges more and Who would pay the panel that grades the judges?

    They should also start showing judges faces and making them more recognizable.
     
    lastletter26, Apr 28, 2010
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  2. Ripple633

    Ripple633 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1. Less weight divisions
    2. Competition between the networks. Boxing should be televised on regular cable.

    Strawweight 112-and below
    Flyweight 113-119
    Bantamweight 120-126
    Featherweight 127-134
    Lightweight 135-142
    Welterweight 143-150
    Junior Middleweight 151-159
    Middleweight 160-168
    Light Heavyweight 169-178
    Cruiserweight- 179-200
    Heavyweight - 200 and up
     
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  3. lastletter26

    lastletter26 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I remember when I was younger and there was monday, tuesday, wendsday, thursday night fights. Between Espn and USA network all were covered.

    I wasn't really trying to talk about boxing's appeal though. I was mainly speaking about making boxing completely fair regardless of venue or promoters involved.
     
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  4. di tullio

    di tullio Guest

    when a boxer is making 10 million dollars for a fight, too many people are paying too much money to watch them, and they just tolerate it because they love the sport.
     
    di tullio, Apr 28, 2010
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  5. lastletter26

    lastletter26 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I have no problem with big money fights. As long as the fight doesn't get into the hundreds for PPV then I don't care. I would still prolly go above that for a mega fight because me and some friends are throwing in on it anyway. I just want reliable, honest judges.
     
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  6. PNoyFightFanUSN

    PNoyFightFanUSN Larry Don't Give a **** Full Member

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    I think we should go back to the classic weight limits.Something about welterweight not topping out at 147 just seems..UnAmerican:huh
     
    PNoyFightFanUSN, Apr 28, 2010
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  7. Vitor Belfort

    Vitor Belfort Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Too many unnecessary titles. WBC-WBA-IBF-WBO is fine but stop making all these intercontinental-usba-nabf-nabo-ibo titles etc etc. Either your a world champion or your not.

    Make boxing under one promotion like the UFC. That way one boss makes all the fights happens and don't have to worry about different promoters not agreeing on a deal.

    Get better judges..im not sure what are the requirements to be a judge but if it was me, i would like to make a judge go to a class (1 month or longer) and learn how to properly score a fight. Oh and learn the rules like 3 KD = 10-6 not 10-7 (Pac-Marquez 1) :nut
     
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  8. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    Bribe the promoter, best way to fix boxing
     
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  9. fytelod

    fytelod Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    They can start removing those painted ads on the ring canvass. It's very easy to do.

    Those slippery ads can cause accidents to boxers, controversial decisions and many more unwanted incidents.
     
    fytelod, Apr 28, 2010
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  10. PNoyFightFanUSN

    PNoyFightFanUSN Larry Don't Give a **** Full Member

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    With the exception of the IBO,those are all regional subsidiary titles from the World organizations.Stepping stones and whatnot. If you're a regional champion,it sets you up for a title shot so there's a progression.

    IBA, WBF,crap organizations like those are a mockery.They tout themselves as competing sanctioning bodies but their champions are all jokes because they're no names.Obviously,Evander is an exception but he needs to retire anyways.To be fair,the IBO is strictly computerized so you don't have the underhanded dealings that fix the rankings like the other groups but you can fight 51 bums and possibly be ranked ahead of someone like Floyd Jr.

    We need to pump up the UBO. Have our champions be UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONS!
     
    PNoyFightFanUSN, Apr 29, 2010
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  11. Bognashavin

    Bognashavin Guest

    Guys at the top need to fight the best available opponents, if this occurs regularly enough then all the other issues become irrelevant, because the fights are better, more people watch and no-one cares which belt/organisation/promoter/weight division it is.
     
    Bognashavin, Apr 29, 2010
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  12. blur

    blur WLADGLASSJAW Full Member

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    fix boxing? why because of pac?
     
    blur, Apr 29, 2010
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  13. J.R.

    J.R. No Mames Guey Full Member

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    Make Don King all powerful. He'll fix it right up for us... guaranteed.
     
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  14. PNoyFightFanUSN

    PNoyFightFanUSN Larry Don't Give a **** Full Member

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    yea you're right.Every fight,every ranking chart,everything will be fixed.Fix.Every.Fight.lol.
     
    PNoyFightFanUSN, Apr 29, 2010
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  15. T.C.W

    T.C.W Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The one promoter stuff is impossible, what about other countries like Germany,Canada,Japan,England and other European countries. which have fights that are million plus all the time. There is hundreds of millions of dollars in this sport, A promoter would have to come up a couple of billion to make this happen. It is just going to happen. The cutting of titles is the best way of helping the sport and the TV networks could do this. 2 world champion max per division, no super champ or any of this rubbish.
     
    T.C.W, Apr 29, 2010
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