Let's say you become the ruler of boxing, what do you do to change it?
Well, what changes do you make to try and make the sport better?
I would get rid all of the super this and light that weight divisions, along with cruiserweight. I would also create a huge unification tournament where each champion has to fight another champion until there is 1 champ in each of the 8 divisions. Once there is 1 champ in each division I would get rid of all of the alphabet organizations and create just one sanctioning body. Once this is done I would change all championship fights from 12 rounds, to 15 rounds.
I would also have a system where if a very controversial decision is made, 5 new judges would rewatch the fight and score it. If at least 3/5 of the 5 new judges vote in favor of the man who was on the wrong end of the decision, the decision would be overruled.
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I'd prob. do everything you guys said, but first somehow get olympic boxing back to how it was in the old days if that's possible while being the 'ruler of boxing'
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I would do my best to have some of the sports biggest and most exciting match-ups on regular cable. if you can start to market boxing like the mma does, where it's so called "cool" to be a boxing fan, then that would be a major step in the right direction.
I would definately have more then just one belt per weight devision. maybe not as many as they have now but it brings more money into the sport and very deserving fighters would end up waiting years for "their" chance to be a world champion. and probably only get one chance at that.and some unification bouts are considered super-fights which is obviously a good thing. Champions only fighting 1 or 2 times a year prevent me from wanting only one belt. Also, it prevents fighters with 2 or 3 or more loses from EVER getting a title shot. Hell a good example would be Antonio Margarito, he might have never been given a shot at the world title with his record consisting of that many loses. fighters would end up fight bum after bum trying to keep their "0" intacted because a lose would be devestating. Anyone else see my point on this one?
Also, The way you market boxing is way more important then any one fighter can do for the sport.
I would start having some key fights in places besides Las Vegas and A.C. let other fans who can't travel far get a chance to see a great match-up. Might attracted some new fans from that area aswell.
I would do my best to have some of the sports biggest and most exciting match-ups on regular cable. if you can start to market boxing like the mma does, where it's so called "cool" to be a boxing fan, then that would be a major step in the right direction.
I would definately have more then just one belt per weight devision. maybe not as many as they have now but it brings more money into the sport and very deserving fighters would end up waiting years for "their" chance to be a world champion. and probably only get one chance at that.and some unification bouts are considered super-fights which is obviously a good thing. Champions only fighting 1 or 2 times a year prevent me from wanting only one belt. Also, it prevents fighters with 2 or 3 or more loses from EVER getting a title shot. Hell a good example would be Antonio Margarito, he might have never been given a shot at the world title with his record consisting of that many loses. fighters would end up fight bum after bum trying to keep their "0" intacted because a lose would be devestating. Anyone else see my point on this one?
Also, The way you market boxing is way more important then any one fighter can do for the sport.
I would start having some key fights in places besides Las Vegas and A.C. let other fans who can't travel far get a chance to see a great match-up. Might attracted some new fans from that area aswell.
Great ideas. Getting more big bouts on national networks would be a great achievement. That sreally the first big step needed.
I like the idea of having fights in different areas/arenas as well.
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-Boxers cannot choose their opponents. You have to fight the #1 guy unless he's not available.
-Boxers cannot move up in weight and get a title shot immediately.
-There's only one boxing organisation that's also a sanctioning body and takes care of the promotion and deals with tv channels.
-5 judges at ringside.
-An independant commission evaluates the officials (judges, referees) with a point system. You get a point for every poor officiating. You get suspended (temporarily) after a certain amount of points.
-8 ounces gloves have to be used at welterweight and below (this goes for every sanctioned fight anywhere in the world).
-Amateur bouts are 7 rounds of 3 minutes.
-Amateur gloves don't have extra padding.
-The amateur scoring system is the same as the professional scoring system.
The first thing I'd do is make there only one champ per division, and all of the alphabet orgs would be out. I'm not about to list all that I'd do because I have too much to do right now, but this is a great thread.
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Margarito is being punished for kicking cotto's ass and costing folk a lot of $$$$$$$$$$ Not because of his wraps
-Boxers cannot choose their opponents. You have to fight the #1 guy unless he's not available.
-Boxers cannot move up in weight and get a title shot immediately.
-There's only one boxing organisation that's also a sanctioning body and takes care of the promotion and deals with tv channels.
-5 judges at ringside.
-An independant commission evaluates the officials (judges, referees) with a point system. You get a point for every poor officiating. You get suspended (temporarily) after a certain amount of points.
-8 ounces gloves have to be used at welterweight and below (this goes for every sanctioned fight anywhere in the world).
-Amateur bouts are 7 rounds of 3 minutes.
-Amateur gloves don't have extra padding.
-The amateur scoring system is the same as the professional scoring system.
Your hired.
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Let's say you become the ruler of boxing, what do you do to change it?
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