Are there any good reasons why pro boxing in its current form should not be banned?

Malinaggi didn't have a substantial chance of winning the fight. If he had some stopping power then maybe it would not be justified, but Mcgirt knew he didn't. Calzaghe Lacy went on because Lacy has KO power, he had a slight chance to catch Calzaghe....Malinaggi didn't even have that.

Good stoppage.

 

Did McGirt not say that he was gonna stop it if Malignaggi didn't start throwing punches.

As you say, it's a fight, if your not fighting not much point in being there.

He could have let it go but at the same time it wasn't much of a contest by then.

 

So were you not happy to see him whinging at the end more than he would have been had it just been a simple KO or points win.

I thought he was a dick and was pleased to see him pissed off to the max, feeling hard done to as well as getting punched about the mouth the entire fight.

 

In my opinion the argument "he no longer had a chance of winning the fight" is definitely not a valid argument when stopping a fight. If this becomes a trend then there would be a ridiculous amount of unnecessary stoppages.

Although with that said, if Paulie was so pissed about the fight being stopped, he should have thrown some bloody punches. Expect to see questionable stoppages happen a lot more frequently throughout the future of the sport though, the more severe injuries that occur the more pressure there will be on referees and corners to stop fights when a fighter clearly cannot win the fight, and is only taking additional punishment for the sake of finishing the fight.

 

You know that is an unfair and irrational comparison. The chances from a person dying from a bullet wound to the head is much greater than a punch, especially a punch with gloves.

In boxing, there are techniques that can prevent one from being punched as often - such as bobbing, blocking with your guard, moving out of punching range. What techniques are utilized in Russian roulette to reduce the force of a bullet?

Anyhow, to answer your question on the thread, boxing is a controlled sport. Measures are taken to protect the boxers. IT isnt a bar brawl or street fight where if one guy knocks the other one down, they can just jump on them or kick them. Because its a controlled sport, they have rules to limit damage incurred by boxers. How many times do we have fights that are stopped by a ref or a doctor? How bout stopped by the corner? or stopped for the reason of a cut?

 

Fair enough.

I was pleased that it goes down as a stoppage though. He deserved it to be....dunno if you heard him after it whining about being "better than getting stopped" but was he ****. He wasn't fighting just trying to buy time and avoid getting hurt......His tactics were only marginally better than Hopkins rolling about holding his dick pretending he'd been hit there.

 

Slavery still flourishes on this planet. So, we can force slaves to fight to the death?

 

If it was only to protect your hand then they would build a cast around them with tape to protect them. There is a reason why they have higher oz gloves as the weight goes up, as the power of the fighter goes up.