The 15 round fight

They used to have the commercials during the minute break between rounds.

We even missed out on seeing one of the 2,223 fouls committed during Pedroza-Laporte because CBS cut to commercial too quickly at the end of the round.

 

I just wish they would add one round, making it 13. There are a few cases in which a 13th round would have settled some disappointing draw results. Plus I think 12 just isn't enough for a major championship fight.

 

You do know boxing didn't start on HBO:rofl:roflatsch

 

maybe so but when your proper fatigued you are at much higher risk, i think it does have some up points such as fitter fighters but i cant say iv seen too many brilliant 13th+ rounds, by that time they are just going on heart nothing in the punches but thats M.O

 

Leonard-Duran Round 13
Chacon-Limon IV 13-15
Louis-Conn 1 Post Round 12
Arguello-Escalera II Round 13
Sanchez-Nelson
Hagler-Antuofermo 13-15

Are all examples of exciting, engrossing championship round boxing. And there are many more examples, too.

 

Where it started and where it is are two different things; however, Arum is trying to bring it back to regular TV so who knows what will happen.

 

15 rounds = good for the fans
15 rounds = not so good for fighters

 

:good fair enough

 

Then you have guys like Basilio, LaMotta, Fullmer, Holmes, Benvenuti, and Griffith (until he was savagely beaten by a group of people a little while ago) who are just fine. Those men went 15 rounds numerous times and took a lot of punishment but are 100% fine mentally, and are doing well physically. Jake LaMotta turns 90 on July 10 and he is still able to walk without a cane and talk fine. Basilio is into his 80s and only until recently needs a wheel chair for long distances, but he can still stand and joke around ok.

Here is Basilio last year and he's fine:
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That shouldn't have lasted the 12. The death of Du Ku Kim made it easy for them to start shouting about the fighter safety and all that and that the fights should be 12, not 15 rounds. Really they wanted to shorten it because it made it easier with the TV networks.

If they were more concerned about safety they would've cracked down harder on the referees and ring doctors for not stopping the fights when they should.

 

I thought this was interesting.

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BACKGROUND: The majority of boxing-related fatalities result from traumatic brain injury. Biomechanical forces in boxing result in rotational acceleration with resultant subdural hematoma and diffuse axonal injury.

OBJECTIVE: Given the inherent risk and the ongoing criticism boxing has received, we evaluated mortalities associated with professional boxing.

METHODS: We used the Velaquez Fatality Collection of boxing injuries and supplementary sources to analyze mortality from 1950 to 2007. Variables evaluated included age at time of death, association with knockout or other outcome of match, rounds fought, weight class, location of fight, and location of pretermial event.

RESULTS: There were 339 mortalities between 1950 and 2007 (mean age, 24 ± 3.8 years); 64% were associated with knockout and 15% with technical knockout. A higher percentage occured in the lower weight classes. The preterminal event occured in the ring (61%), in the locker room (17%), and outside the arena (22%), We evaluated for significant changes after 1983 when championship bouts were reduced from 15 to 12 rounds.

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Yea just one of the reasons why we are at 12 rounds to begin.. It would be great getting to see a championship fight on a regular network, during prime time... The endorsements would be there, its just all about P.R.

 

You know, when they made the switch to 12 rounds, championship matches were shown on TV still.

Maybe you weren't alive yet.....

And HBO/Showtime still like to keep things in nice even hour time slots, and allow time for hype and promotions of future events. Just because it is on HBO, doesn't mean they don't spend time on other things besides the actual boxing match. Do you actually watch their coverage? Almost always have a good 10 minutes of Lampley and Company talking and hyping.

My point still stands: 48 minutes for the bout, 12 minutes for hype, promotions, commercials, whatever... 15 rounds takes up the entire hour.

 

It's called sarcasm.

But when's the last time you saw a one-hour block of time set aside for one match, and only one match was shown? They already block out about 3-4 hours so that they can show a few undercard fights.

Maybe when they were on network TV this was the case, and if it ever goes back, then okay I see your point. For the time being though, I don't see why they wouldn't be able to accomodate 15 rounds. I'd rather they stick with the "fighter safety" reason.