When In Doubt, Stop the Bout: A Revolutionary Approach to Boxing Safety and Reform

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Mike Silver

When In Doubt, Stop the Bout

A Revolutionary Approach to Boxing Safety and Reform

Mike Silver

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Hamilcar Publications
31 October 2024

Crime & criminology; Political corruption; Boxing

In When in Doubt, Stopthe Boutinfrastructure and those responsible for it.

From compromised refereesto poorly trained ringside physicians to an insidious cartel of ""sanctioningorganizations"" approving dangerous mismatches, Silver lays bare the corruption,the negligence, and the incompetence that has made a dangerous sport even moredangerous.

But aside from unmaskingthe chaotic mess that afflicts boxing, this book for the first time proposesgroundbreaking practical solutions that will mitigate the danger and savelives. Penetrating and persuasive, When in Doubt, Stop the Bout willchange forever how you see the sport of boxing.

By: Mike Silver
Imprint: Hamilcar Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
ISBN: 9781949590784
ISBN 10: 194959078X
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 31 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1: A Brief History Chapter 2: The Case for Shorter Fights: Part 1 Chapter 3: The Case for Shorter Fights Part II: Learning From the Past Chapter 4: The Referee’s Dilemma Chapter 5: Educating the Referee Chapter 6: Modifying the Rules Chapter 7– A Referee Speaks Out –Anonymously Chapter 8: Hands Up, Chin Down: Reviving a Lost Art Chapter 9: Paging the Ringside Physician: Where are you? Chapter 10: A New Scoring Protocol Chapter 11: Amateur Boxing vs. Professional Boxing and the Headguard Debate Chapter 12: The Boxing Brain vs. The Football Brain: Name Your Poison Chapter 13: Boxing vs. Mixed Martial Arts: Which Sport is More Dangerous? Chapter 14: To Glove or Not to Glove?—That is the Question Chapter 15: Boxing’s Parasites: How the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO Continue to Undermine Boxing Safety Chapter 16: For Whom the Bell Tolls: Analyses of 14 Boxing Related Fatalities 1990-2022 Chapter 17: The Future of Professional Boxing Chapter 18: Summary of Recommended Laws and Regulations

Mike Silver is the authorof three books. The Arc of Boxing: TheRise and Decline of the Sweet Science (McFarland, 2008) isconsidered a classic and was recently listed as McFarland's # 1 best-seller forJune 2023. His second book, Stars in the Ring: Jewish Champions in theGolden Age of Boxing (Lyons Press, 2016),was called by Publisher's Weekly ""An achievement unlikely to be equaled."" The Night the Referee Hit Back: MemorableMoments from the World of Boxing (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020) wasdescribed as ""A welcome additionto the libraries of boxing fans and sports pundits"" by Publisher's Weekly. Silver's work has appeared in the New York Times, The Ringmagazine, Boxing Monthly, TheInternationalBoxing Research Journalandvarious boxing web sites. He is a former inspector with the New York StateAthletic Commission and a consultant and on-air commentator for nineteen boxingdocumentaries produced by PBS, HBO, ESPN, the History Channel and Madison SquareGarden Network. He was the curator of the ""Sting Like a Maccabee: The GoldenAge of the American Jewish Boxer"" exhibit at the National Museum of AmericanJewish History in Philadelphia (2004-05), and a co-curator of the San FranciscoJewish Film Festival's centerpiece program, ""Jews, Boxing, and Hollywood""(2007). He is a member of the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.