Comment on Why is Hugging Allowed in Boxing?
Mark_is_on_his_droid@lemmy.world 11 months agoMaybe the fight doesn’t need to be a marathon if it can safely be a sprint.
Watching padded fast guys score points with speed. Less rounds means more speed attacks if it was computer judged instead of the current system.
FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world 11 months ago
But then you would have knock outs happen in under a minute. That would provide less value for the people who spent money to either watch the fight or be there in person. I think it’s structured in 12 rounds so that the viewers can betterbbe entertained, even though I feel like that doesn’t really show who’s the better fighter, rather who can hold out the longest.
Mark_is_on_his_droid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Why would more protective padding lead to more knockouts?
I’d propose that with better head protection, you could have three, four-round fights in the same time span as a twelve-round fight, with more guaranteed boxing.