Originally Posted by
mickey
Greetings,
During the 19th and early 20th century, Western boxing had a great many rounds. It was not unusual to see fights go for 25 to 30 rounds (if not more). Do you think the quality of the fighting was that good for such an extended format? I think not.
mickey
Those fights that went 25-30 were not usually timed rounds like we have today of 3 minutes each. When a fighter went down on a knee or was knocked down or thrown/tripped it counted as a round and a restart in bareknuckle boxing.
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