The WBC has defined why it is not going to sanction 12 three-minute rounds for ladies’s world title fights.
Whereas the boys’s championship distance is 12 three-minute rounds, girls’s title fights are typically 10 twos.
In a trailblazing growth in October Amanda Serrano fought 12 threes. However the WBC wouldn’t sanction it so solely her IBF, WBA and WBO belts had been on the road for that victory over Danila Ramos.
In the end Serrano vacated her WBC title in response.
At their conference final month the organisation confirmed their girls’s championship fights would stay 10 two-minute rounds. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman defined why.
“We made a strong commitment for safety. We ratified everything that we have studied,” Sulaiman defined.
“Whoever wants to try challenging risks, it cannot be within the WBC structure.”
He additionally cited out how thrilling current girls’s championship fights over 10-twos have been.
“Perhaps it’s a coincidence, it came naturally but the two-minute rounds create huge action, great emotions,” Sulaiman stated.
“The risk with fighting for more time, you become more dehydrated and also tired and that is very dangerous.
“We love the two-minute rounds, particularly for cover and security but in addition it is a fantastic spectacle.”
The WBC is contemplating creating a brand new occasion for male boxers to compete over shorter rounds.
“We’re even looking into maybe doing a pilot test or something for men fighting two-minute rounds,” he stated. “It will be very interesting.”
Serrano’s argument although is that sanctioning our bodies ought to give girls the selection to compete over the identical distance as males.
It is a stance that has been championed by different fighters. Mikaela Mayer needs to comply with Serrano’s lead and known as for her January 20 world title struggle with Natasha Jonas to be contested over 12 three-minute rounds.
“We’re the type of pioneers who should be doing that,” Mayer instructed Sky Sports activities.
“These are the type of moves we should be making.”