What changes can we implement to make boxing safer?

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  1. nick6

    nick6 Active Member Full Member

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    Have 3 or more weight ins 1 a week before the fight, one the day before and on fight night. You can't be more than 3lbs over your fighting weight.

    So say a fight takes place at middleweight the fighters will be no more than 163 in the ring. So it will force fighters to fight at there natural weight and no one will be able to have 10lbs plus weight advantages.
     
    nick6, Dec 22, 2012
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  2. irishny

    irishny Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Safer?

    If it was up to me they'd release lions at arbitrary intervals into the ring, and if one guy won 4 rounds in a row, his opponent would be given a shank for the next round to even things up.
     
    irishny, Dec 22, 2012
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  3. Str8ryte

    Str8ryte Boxing Addict Full Member

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    In a sport where you punch eachother in the face, deaths are bound to happen. Its fine the way it is.
     
    Str8ryte, Dec 22, 2012
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  4. Sugar Nick

    Sugar Nick He's A Good Boy Full Member

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    Has everyone lost their balls? If you like boxing then like boxing. It's been around and it works,not perfect but it works.

    Lets make everything completely safe now! Yeah! Goddamn!
    It's boxing not a Yoga meeting for fat spoiled housewives.
     
    Sugar Nick, Dec 22, 2012
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  5. markq

    markq Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Those are the pillow gloves Cotto made Mayweather wear.
     
    markq, Dec 22, 2012
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  6. steviebruno

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    Those are May's gloves of choice. They help protect his brittle hands.
     
    steviebruno, Dec 23, 2012
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  7. locard

    locard Boxing Addict banned

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    Wait, wait. Since when are same day weigh-ins ¨safer¨?

    They stopped them precissely because they dont leave enough time for the fighters to rehydrate efficiently and it's easier for them to get brain damage
     
    locard, Dec 23, 2012
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  8. tezel8764

    tezel8764 Boxing Junkie banned

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  9. locard

    locard Boxing Addict banned

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    Yeah, pieces of black fabric are dangerous for the sport, no doubt
     
    locard, Dec 23, 2012
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  10. oibighead

    oibighead G.O.A.T. Full Member

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    No head shots
    No combination punching
    Bigger gloves
     
    oibighead, Dec 23, 2012
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  11. Anima

    Anima Kinetic Link Full Member

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    Less fighting, more talking. more Prima Donas
     
    Anima, Dec 23, 2012
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  12. Tora

    Tora Guest

    if both fighters had guns they would be alot safer
     
    Tora, Dec 23, 2012
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  13. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    To be perfectly honest, none of us would let our kids box due to so many boxers (amateur included) sustaining brain injuries, and punch drunk syndrome later on in life.
     
    MrMagic, Dec 23, 2012
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  14. spaceman

    spaceman Member Full Member

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    - make fighters score in the ring by running
    - measure how much amazement fighters generate in the news by coming totally overweight in the ring when fans begin to discuss if the athlets can actually run 1 mile
    - make boxing mainly a competition with stupid verbal attacks where fighters explain for half an hour what they're going to do to the opponent in the ring

    David Haye and James Toney actually already revolutionized the sport.
     
    spaceman, Dec 23, 2012
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  15. Poetry&Pugilism

    Poetry&Pugilism New Member Full Member

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    True. I wouldn't let my kids near a ring
     
    Poetry&Pugilism, Dec 23, 2012
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