{"id":63598,"date":"2016-09-30T21:27:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T02:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=63598"},"modified":"2016-09-30T21:29:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T02:29:00","slug":"hall-becomes-in-charge-of-amateur-professional-boxing-for-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=63598","title":{"rendered":"Hall Becomes in Charge of Amateur & Professional Boxing For A Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DOM_63521copy-272x300\"<\/a>By Shannon \u201cDallas\u201d Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n

How many of us have seen fighters win a decision when his face looks like meatloaf, and his opponent is barely bruised? Points are given when punches connect flush on the other fighter, whether damage is done or not. A fighter can \u201cpitty pat\u201d and \u201crun\u201d his way to victory on points even if he has been hurt more than the other fighter or not inflicted any damage onto his opponent. So, if I could change anything on the point scale there should be another category of \u201cDamage Obtained\u201d at the end of the tally from a scale of 1-10. \u201c10\u201d being that you got your butt kicked or \u201c1\u201d being that you escaped unscathed. <\/p>\n

Secondly I would change all championship fights to 10 rounds instead of 12 for two reasons. First is to take out the first few rounds of a fighter pacing himself to be able to fight in the latter rounds. What\u2019s the point of going more rounds to see who has the better endurance if your biding your time and back-pedaling for two rounds just so you can make it through to the 12th? In addition, going 10 rounds instead of 12 reduces the number of head shots decreasing the chance of Pugilistic Dementia or Parkinson\u2019s Disease in my opinon.<\/p>\n

Lastly there should be regulation on a boxer\u2019s number of amateur fights. I\u2019ve seen records where a fighter is in his late 20\u2019s with almost 100 amateur fights! He was a \u201cprofessional\u201d amateur I guess, stuck in the \u201cammy zone\u201d with no regulation to motivate him to improve him to pro. You should have to \u201cdo your business\u201d or get off the pot! Your head is nothing to play around with and no one wants to see a grown man fighting teenagers! I feel the boxer should have the option of up to 40 sanctioned amateur fights, and that\u2019s it. That doesn\u2019t mean stop boxing totally, just be unable to compete in sanctioned bouts fighting men (boys) half your age.<\/p>\n

With the number of fights as an amateur limited, the damage the fighter has taken at the end of the bout considered and the number of championship rounds shortened, this would force the fighter to take each round and each fight more seriously. If you knew you only had so many days to live, wouldn’t you make each one count? Same standard should be held in boxing regarding fights and rounds.<\/p>\n

Try and recall the worst boxing decision you have ever seen. Would any of these changes have affected the outcome and changed the decision to have made it a fairer call? In the ones I can think of, most definitely.<\/p>\n