Question about show fights.

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 30 Mar 2006, 12:54

Once in awhile, amateur boxers will have show fights , meaning the rounds will usally be a little shorter, they will wear larger gloves 14-16 oz. , headgear, back before it was mandatory, and fight in smaller venues. Many amateurs have fought alot of these, do they count on the fighters amateur record? We used to have these back in the seventies quite often.

prettyboyperez · Post by **prettyboyperez** » 30 Mar 2006, 15:22

I think they were called exibitions. I know that they stopped having them in las vegas around 97.

ABA Boxing · Post by **ABA Boxing** » 31 Mar 2006, 04:09

We still have them, it just makes the number of bouts up on some shows and its a good way for new boxers to get the feel of boxing in front of a crowd with out the pressure to fight to win.

There is no score from judges and both boxers will have there hands raised, so it dosent count on your record, its just a sparring Exhibition.

Juniors have them called something like Junior gloves where they also have no winner.

boxmel · Post by **boxmel** » 17 May 2006, 22:57

Exhibitions are against the rules in USA Boxing, i.e., not allowed under any circumstances. Local shows now (hopefully) follow the age, weight, length of rounds, and gloves rules.