How many would favour making boxing 15 round fights again?

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  1. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    What would be the advantages and disadvantages of it?
     
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    Hanz Cholo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    will never be again
     
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  3. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It depends really. The Mancini fight was in 82.
    I heard that part of the issue with those final 3 rounds is:
    The risk of dehydration
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    Boxers being too tired to adequately defend themselves

    But boxing no longer has same day weigh-ins, so would the risk of dehydration be reduced?

    I think like @Hanz Cholo says we aren't ever going back, but I wouldn't be against the idea for title fights and final eliminators only: the results would be more definitive.
     
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    Braindamage Baby Face Beast Full Member

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    Very tragic. Both Kim's mom and the ref of the fight committed suicide in 1983. Oops, commented before watching the video.
     
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  5. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    I don’t see why we would want that honestly. Boxing’s popularity has been dwindling for a while now and making the fights longer and therefore a bit more inaccessible for those with shorter attention spans seems counter intuitive. I think ProBox has the right idea with making their main events 10 rounders or sometimes 8 rounders. Nobody has the time to watch 15 rounders anymore.
     
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    DoubleG95Fanatic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Neither here nor there really, as someone who's never watched a live 15 round fight I'm ok with keeping it how it is and don't see why there'd be any rush/pressure to change it.
     
  7. FreddieGibbs

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    Big no from me
     
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    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    While I would not be against 15 rounds, I also would be ok with 13 rounds. I would like to see an odd number of rounds just to have a better chance of not ending up with a draw result.
     
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    Maybe ok with HW because they don't drain to get down in weight, but with boxers from Cruiser on down straining to dehydrate then drink back up then 15 might be a bridge too far, unless the weighing the day of the fight.
     
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    peter_uk Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No from me; undoubtedly it would make for more entertaining fights, but at a great human cost to boxers involved. Twelve rounds is fine.
     
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    Smoochie Would deal with the devil for sum Greb footage Full Member

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  12. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Imagine Lawrence Okolie in a 15 round fight!?

    No thank you
     
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    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yes but with the caveat they cut rounds 40 seconds so the fight isn't actually getting longer.

    The main advantage of 15 rounders would be more accurate scoring as less rounds means theres less margin for error. With 12 rounds more fights go the distance and the ones that do are more likely to be close and every individual mistake a judge makes matters more. A lot of the high profile robberys in recent decades can be attributed to the change from 15 to 12. How many 15 round decisions have you strongly disagreed with even if they were close? Now compare that to 12 rounders.


    A lot of the high profile robberys in recent decades can be attributed to the change from 15 to 12. How many 15 round decisions have you strongly disagreed with?

    Maybe this would make boxing a little safer as you'd think less fight time would make multi knockdown rounds less likely.

    This would be for title fights only obviously.
     
  14. tee_birch

    tee_birch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Why not 13 rounds so there is no draw in the 10-9 system (aside from wide rounds and LDs)
     
  15. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes, go back to 15 round title fights with day of fight weigh in's. Personally I think day of fight weigh in's would have a bigger impact than 3 extra rounds in a title fight. Except for heavyweights, I seriously doubt there's many heavy's today who could fight a fast paced 15 rounder.