Revise Boxing NOW to make it more exciting: what would you do?

[anonymousboxing]

less weight classes, and one strap for the champion. 15 rds for championship fights. thats all i want. don't know if it would help to make the sport more popular, but **** it, it would make the greatest sport to me a little better!

Good one.

I also think going back to 15 rounds would be exciting.
We easily compare todays boxers to yesterdays but forget they went through hell those last few championship rounds.

And How many fights do we see today where boxers barely make the distance? Maybe 15 would make for more ko's.


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[Pullcounter]

We did this before but it's fun to hear new opinions.

To compete with the "ADD/ADHD"" generation and MMA rise, What would you do to revise boxing to make it more exciting for the fan.

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My suggestions before was to make gloves smaller as well as the ring.

Added suggestions: Possibly shorten the fight so fighters don't have to pace themselves so much.

The big suggestion: Give bonuses for Knock-downs and Knockouts.

Limit holding/clinching. Use a card system like they did in Pride when fights got boring. When you get a red card, it comes out of your paycheck.

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Really, you don't need to get rid of the way boxing is now since it holds to tradition but this could be a new boxing league.

you know how in soccer if the score is tied, each team takes turns trying to score a goal from point blank. yeah boxing should do something like that but with punches.

actually... they should go back to 15 rounds.

[Pollo Boricua]

Well I dont know if it would make the sport more exiting but I would love to see naked ring girls during the fights...

[Pullcounter]

UFC give's its fighters bonuses for Knockouts. If this incentive existed in boxing, we might see fighters taking more chances, therefore making it a more exciting fight.

but who pays the bonus? hbo, showtime, or espn or the promoters or the athletic commission?

[Double]

Remove the sanctioning bodies have one sanctioning body and force the champe to fight whoever the #1 contender is at least twice a year. Remove the intermeditate weight classes (junior welter, junior middle, super middle, etc.)

[LoloChivas]

but who pays the bonus? hbo, showtime, or espn or the promoters or the athletic commission?

the bonus should come out of the boxer getting knock down...

[Pullcounter]

the bonus should come out of the boxer getting knock down...

i highly doubt any boxer (save power-punchers )would sign a contract with that kind of stipulation.

[LoloChivas]

i highly doubt any boxer (save power-punchers )would sign a contract with that kind of stipulation.

true..maybe both can agree on the contract and both put some money aside and if one wins by ko that one takes the bonus and if its a dicision they get their money back...

[Slotff]

I think Russ Anber had a good idea on his show, whenever a boxer is knocked down, stop the clock while the referee is administering a count, resume it when the referee says box, some controversy could be averted there.

This is an excellent idea.

And reed, tag team boxing would be amazing. Name your dream team? Imagine Roy Jones and Librado Andrade on the same team.

[THE REED]

I pick roy and Floyd vs joe and cotto