Ray BOOM BOOM Mancini vs Duk KOO KIM

I can't watch it after knowing how it ends.

 

Changing the fights from 15 to 12 has helped the sport in my eyes. Who knows how many more boxers would have been affected if it was still 15 rounds a match. RIP Duk KOO KIM.

 

hmm says . . .

Korea also made a movie about this..

 

why say hmm says?

 

Aren't round breaks still only 1 minute now? I'm confused.

 

I can't watch this fight but am happy they changed 15 rounds to 12.

 

I don't think there are 1 30 breaks between rounds

 

This was a real tragedy. Ray was never the same after this fight.

 

only 1:00 between rounds, as far as I know.
15 rounds really separated the champions from the contenders. Yes, fighters were at greater risk for injury, but 15 rounds was better for the sport. I'd be curious to see the stats, whether the serious injury and mortality figures have dropped since the switch to 12 rounds.
As stated above, this fight was a terrible tragedy. Mancini was never the same afterwards.

 

It's been stated that this fight led to the change in rounds and weigh-in procedures, but many have disagreed. This was back in the network TV age, and 12 rounds with intros and interviews is easier to fight in an hour than 15 rounds. People have also said the weigh-in changes were because of the money lost on the Spinks-Muhammad rematch debacle.

Who knows, maybe it was a combo of both safety and monetary factors.

Fights like this I try to avoid, but I did see a clip of the ending.

 

helluva fight and a brutal k.o. his head hit the canvas violently.

 

I watched the fight on National TV (CBS) the day after Pryor KO'd Arguello down in Florida in Nov. of '82...... I have a rough copy of "Mancini-Kim" on video.... I still review it.... I'm kool with it... This was not a mismatch at all, but rather a very hard fight for both guys... Mancini took control after round 10... It was a great action fight.... Kim's corner should've stopped it in the corner after round 13.... It was not referee Richard Greene's fault with what happened to Kim in round 14.... No, sir.... Greene was too harsh on himself and blew his brains out in Vegas in the summer of 1983....... The fool....

MR.BILL