It's a shame Calzaghe v. Jones is not an 8 round fight - it would be much better!

Just had this thought...in a fight where a fighter like Jones just doesn't have the legs anymore to go 12, he will fight at a lower intensity to survive, hoping that his punches are more effective and hoping to find that one big punch. But just imagine how different Jones would fight if he only had to go 8 rounds, say! He'd be more active in each round, he'd work more, he'd work faster/more intensively, he'd give Calzaghe a much closer fight and the end result would be a much higher quality fight than we're likely to get over 12 rounds. It would be a fairer contest too, because it would concentrate more on quality rather than quantity.

I wish these legends who are not there anymore physically would not be involved in 12 rounders anymore, but instead, in action packed 8 or 10 rounders.

Calzaghe v. Hopkins would have been a much better fight had it been over 8 or 10 rounds instead of 12, too, I think.

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Sure...but the chances of the fight being more intense are greater...

Take a long distance race for example: a 1500 m race can be very tactical; it doesn't have to go at close to 1500m record pace from the start...the pace could be that of a 3000 m race for a long time...BUT...chances are the pace will be faster in a 1500 m race than in a 3000 m race, just because it's a shorter race.

Same with this fight...if Jones thinks he could fight a very intense fight but only for 8 rounds, say, he might do it, in an 8 round fight...but in a 12 round fight, even if he wanted to do it, he'd be less likely to do it unless he took a big risk going for the KO by the 8th round or so...no?