Thoughts on these random ideas

[margaret thatcher]

1. 1-0-2 (1 fighter ahead, 2 even cards) decisions being scored a win for the 1 fighter

2. An extra round in the case of a fight scored even.. If the extra round is even too, then is it a draw

3. Odd number rounded fights (like 9 or 11---they do this in south america )

[oogiebe]

1. 1-0-2 (1 fighter ahead, 2 even cards) decisions being scored a win for the 1 fighter
Nope. Majority rules

2. An extra round in the case of a fight scored even.. If the extra round is even too, then is it a draw
It's too tough to 'turn it back on again' for a fighter after taking a brief break to hear the scores. You have a let down after the final bell. I don't like the idea. Unless scoring is known during the one minute between all rounds, and I don't like that either.

3. Odd number rounded fights (like 9 or 11---they do this in south america )

Always wondered why they don't do that now.

[margaret thatcher]

Ya, I see your points, though I'd say knowing that an extra round is a possibility should keep fighters more prepared. Right now they turn it off becasue they can

[bigjack]

1. 1-0-2 (1 fighter ahead, 2 even cards) decisions being scored a win for the 1 fighter

2. An extra round in the case of a fight scored even.. If the extra round is even too, then is it a draw

3. Odd number rounded fights (like 9 or 11---they do this in south america )

Never liked the idea of an extra round,if they are spent in the last round it could be dangerous going another 3 mins.

[Scoops]

If you had an extra round you'd need to score as you go - you can't have 10 minutes of faffing and then clear the ring and go again.

Odd rounds are fine in theory, although you'd still get judges do a 10-10 round which wouldn't mean you'd also get a result. Likewise if the boxer who won less rounds scored a knockdown you could still get a draw, so I don't think it would make much difference.

[Ezzard]

I don't mind a draw. Sometimes it's the right result.

[Datsue]

Never liked the idea of an extra round,if they are spent in the last round it could be dangerous going another 3 mins.

I don't mind a draw. Sometimes it's the right result.

Also to what oogiebe said (& I hope your mum's okay, bruv), but I can't be bothered doing the code to strip out his responses!

I've never minded a draw. Some things are draws. Boxing is not digital, it's analogue. No-one (apart from bookies & nerds) needs millimetric precision in these things.

Don't mind 10-10 rounds, neither.

All the over-reaction to the latter two things in modern boxing is the result of knee-jerk responses to problems that refuse to address the systemic failures of the thing they're responding to; bent judges, corrupt officiating & dodgy decisions resulting in too many drawn bouts, you say?

I know, let's cancel all draws! That'll fix it!

Fvcking stupid idea in the first place & like I said, a category error.

PS: Rather like how trying to stop people hurting themselves weight-cheating has probably led to a shitload of longer-term cases of poor B-sides being fvcked up by bigger dudes, with better access to tech/IV equipment full of pasta/racehorse diuretics. Another boxing genius "fix".

[oogiebe]

Also to what oogiebe said (& I hope your mum's okay, bruv), but I can't be bothered doing the code to strip out his responses!

Thanks for the well wishes. Really appreciated. Also your 'digital/analogue' comment is spot on.