If the boxing judges gave a draw, should they give over-time?

Question

"The bout is a draw, another round will be tie breaker. When the bell rings, round 13 will determine the winner."

Answer 1

there is no such thing as over-time in boxing and a fight cannot go any longer then 12 rounds. only way to settle a draw is a rematch

Answer 2

I remember that was what they were going to do for the final of the second season of "The Contender."  Grady Brewer wound up winning a split decision, but if it had been scored a draw, then Brewer and Forbes would have had to fight an 11th round, which is why they still kept their gloves on before the decision was announced.

I personally think that it is a good idea in theory, but to actually implement it would be very difficult, because it gives the fighters too much time to re-cooperate.  This is not fair if one fighter was really hurt at the end of the previous round because now instead of getting just the one minute, he will be given a much longer amount of time, which is not fair to the other fighter who had him hurt.

Answer 3

I have thought about that... when i was watching the pacquiao/marquez rematch and it was getting close to the end, i felt the fight should be longer... the rounds should be longer or more rounds should be added if no one got knocked out... give the people what they want to see...

Answer 4

No, the relief that these guys feel after a tuff fight is to draining & I don't think they could do it again. They are talking or have talked about dropping championship bouts (12 rounders) to 11 rounds & 10 round bouts down to 9. They cannot add more rounds but they sure can take 1 away.

I think this would serve the purpose that they are looking for (no draws) because of the odd amount of rounds but It would cheat us (the viewers) a round of this great sport?

Good Question!

Answer 5

sounds fine to me. But the reason they dropped it to 12 rounds was for safety, so it would not go higher again. The reason they dropped it to 12 was BS by the way in my opinion.

Answer 6

USBA actually did that, but I believe only for championship matches to award a vacant title.  I saw it actually happen once with Doug DeWitt involved.  Due to cooling off, both fighters had to be rubbed down extensively, then fight that one round.  DeWitt won, but it sure seemed to take quite a toll out of both of them.  I don't think anyone would want that today.  There would also still be the further question of what to do if Round 13 was scored a draw.  While 10-10 on all three cards might be unlikely, 10-9, 10-10, 9-10 might be very thinkable if the match was already so close as to be a draw after 12.

Answer 7

I would say no because of boxer safety.  Maybe in shorter fights but 12 rounds is enough to put any boxer into zombie mode.  I don't like seeing fighters having a hard time later in life and 12 rounds in what does that to them.

Answer 8

But how would they implement it? They stop the bout to formalise the result and announce the scores, and then let them fight again. It wouldn't work.

Answer 9

After stopping for about 20 minutes to tally and anounce the decision, these two can't be expected to heat back up and box after stopping like that, I think it would be a safety issue.

Answer 10

I believe it was the USBA that did it back in the 1980's, and it really made for a difficult situation.

Sounds great when you think of it like a video game, but there are too many safety issues involved.

I'd rather see a draw than see someone get seriously hurt.