Nevada now has a rule for spitting out mouthpiece.

[abdiel2k3]

def a good rule
but what they should do also
is have the ref carry around a lil bottle of water with him
so when the moutpiece comes out
he rinses it off and puts it right back in
not allowing the corners to buy more time

[{BrownBomber}]

My friend had this idea so I can't take credit for it. The ref has two mouthguards one in each shirt pocket one for the red corner the other for the blue corner. The fighters provide the mouthguard and the ref handles putting it in. No walking to the corner to have the trainer put it in. He also suggested that action should not be stopped to deduct a point when a foul is not a time issue for the person fouled (ie spitting out mouthguard) and only stopped to give the fouled person a rest. The ref would let the crowd and the judges know between rounds. I agree with both positions.

This a good idea but then there will **** pulled off with guys saying the ref druged me or put tabasco sauce on the mouth piece or some ****. I think a guy should be disqualified if he does it twice. FIrst one let him slide but as soon as he does it again its over,this is a sign of quiting and should be stopped.

[guru]

the simple solution is not to put it back in after a KD... the rule is to wait for a lull in the action to re-insert the mouthpiece.... after a knockdown, there is definately no lull in the action... fighters will stop taking it out, if they know the ref isn't going to put it back in...

[Zab Super Judah]

He spit the mouth piece out twice pu$$y...If you didn't have your head so far up john ruiz's a$$ you would have seen it...
How and the fu** would castillo have won other wise, you act like the ref put the mouthpiece back in before he started counting...What's the main thing they say in boxing..."A boxer is the most dangerous when they are hurt" I think castillo forgot about that and ran up on some bombs and got quitted in the fight...

he spit it out 3 times. In the 8th round i believe it came out too..a couple seconds before it came out it looked like he was thinking about spitting it out.. IM sure goosen told him if your in trouble just spit out the mouthpiece

[rge]

Although this is a step in the right direction, more needs to be done. The whole issue can easily be solved by making the fighter fight without his mouthpiece if he decideds to spit it out.

I prefer your options too, ans sometimes it happens, when the referee doesn't see the mouthpiece fly.

[The Pretender]

def a good rule
but what they should do also
is have the ref carry around a lil bottle of water with him
so when the moutpiece comes out
he rinses it off and puts it right back in
not allowing the corners to buy more time

I got a better idea to solve this whole problem. There should be a bucket of feces by the ring. A fighter gets to lose the mouthpiece once. After that the mouthpiece is dipped in the bucket and the fighter has to put it back in or be DQ.

[boxerman]

If he hadnt spit it out, then got knocked out, the fight wouldnt have had this hollywood ending that people have been raving about. It woudl have just been another action packed fight with a knockout. Instead, we get that great twist in the end. This of course is coming from someone who didnt really care who won. So for me, it was just a great fight with a surprise, twist , of an ending. I actually liked it this way.

[tracylee]

Thats dumb. that only gives more time.. they should make him fight without it untill there is a real stop in the action not caused by a KD.

True...maybe take the pts. after the round instead of in the middle of it. The judges would have to be notified until they got used to that system. But like Bomber said, if they spit it out twice they should stop the fight..that signals giving up in alot of cases.

[Manny_P]

**** it man. Let those who bitches wear helmets when they fight!

[tracylee]

**** it man. Let those who bitches wear helmets when they fight!

Or, let those that cheat take their ko when it's given to them.