I'n Boxing, what happens in a draw? (read description)?

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If 2 boxers are fighting it out for the championship belt and its such a close fight that it ends as a unanimous draw, what happens? I hear the defending champion keeps his belt but by keeping his belt doesn't that imply that he won when in reality its a draw?

I am not much into boxing and only started having interest it recently so I am a little less knowledgeable on the rules.
But seriously by letting the Champion keep his belt after a unanimous draw still imply that he won? (Even though technically it goes on his professional record as a tie)?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

OK so in your scenario the championship belt being contested already belongs to someone, that is to say a fighter is the champion and is making a defence of his crown.

Then yes, in the case of a draw the champion retains his title and yes you could say that this implies he won even though he didn't.

Think of it this way though.  If a fighter has a belt going into the ring and he doesn't lose the fight why should he lose his belt?  It makes perfect sense that he wouldn't, the challenger has to win the fight in order to win the belt, anything less isn't enough.

Currently the only exception to this are fights which take place within the World Boxing Super Series.  Because that's a tournament, if the 3 judges have the fight even after 12 rounds there are contingency measures in place to ensure that the fighters are separated and a winner is eventually declared on the night so that the tournament can continue without the need for a rematch but in normal circumstances a draw is declared and both fighters leave with what they came in with so if each fighter had a belt each they would still have a belt each after the fight if it was declared a draw.

David · Answer

Think about it... if you won a championship belt, then you fought a guy... and that guy and you get a draw... should he take YOUR BELT?!?!?! If so... WHY?!?!?! He didn't beat you, so... why should he take your belt, that you won, when he didn't win?!?!?! It doesn't make any sense! The champion keeps the belt that he won in a draw because its common sense, why would you loose something you earned... when you didn't loose?!?!?!

Besides, its quite rare in boxing to have a championship fight end in a draw. The most recent example was the GGG vs. Canelo fight, which was BULL$#lT!!! Everybody knows GGG won the first fight, but because Canelo has the massive fan base, and he's such a money maker, they made it a draw, it was absurd!

One thing they could do to limit the draws is to make the rounds end on an odd number! Instead of 12 rounds, do 13, or 11. Boxing used to go to 15 rounds, but they cut it down to 12, because they figured that the last 3 rounds was the cause for a lot of the brain damage, how they proved that I will never know, but that is essentially what happened!

Anonymous · Answer

If it is a draw, the Champion keeps his belt, yes he didn't lose the fight so he doesn't lose the belt. Remember the challenger sometimes also has a belt, so he wouldn't lose his belt either.

eyesinthedrk · Answer

in boxing. a challenger has to beat the champ to take his belt. the champ doesn't loose it due to Draws or no contests

curtisports2 · Answer

When there is a draw in a sanctioned championship fight, the defending champion retains the title. The match is recorded as a draw, no win or loss for either fighter. A re-mtach is sometimes agreed to.

It is quite rare in big-time boxing matches.  The most famous recent one should not have been a draw at all and was very controversial. In the first fight between champion Lennox Lewis and challenger Evander Holyfield, Lewis was the clear winner, landing 29 punches to very 10 for Holyfield, and landing 218 more punches during the match.  It's considered by many to be one of the worst decisions in boxing history.

I'n Boxing, what happens in a draw? (read description)?

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