Joe Louis had one. Did anyone have one after this? Was 20 rounds banned at some point the way 15 rounds was in the 1980's?
I have to admit I have adapted to the shorter fights of 12/15 rounds, I cant imagine having to sit through Vlad and Fury for 20 rounds
I think the last scheduled 20 rounder was a fight in Oklahoma in 1971. Pat O'Grady promoted it. Brian Kelly defeated Alonzo Harris in 10 rounds TKO, of a scheduled 20.
The reason they went to 12 rounds originally was for home TV. 12 rds round at 3 minutes (36 minutes) plus rests 11 X 1 minutes, plus 7 minutes of introduction and 6 minutes of wrap-up time with extra commercials. Works well for a one hour program.
OKC used to have a lot of fights in hotels back in the 70's. I saw Sean O'Grady fight a couple of times while I was on business there . It was always Sean at 25-1, vs some Mexican at 2-38-1. Pat O'Grady...totally shady.
I'd imagine a dull 12 round affair could have a sudden ending somewhere in 20 round format. Like a bad movie with one or two really good scenes at the end of it.
you are simply more optimistic then me, lol,,, yeah its true, but I could also see the looser loosing by running completely out of steam and that adds a different type of fight,,, with a shorter fight I think you are going to get more fireworks per round :bbb and fireworks sells fights
