This Cracks Podcast episode ("Super Nova | Mauricio Sulaiman en Cracks Podcast") features Mauricio Sulaiman discussing exhibition/entertainment boxing (citing Supernova and influencer Franco Escamilla) versus professional/serious boxing. Sulaiman emphasizes safety protocols when embracing show boxing—recommending MRIs for all fighters, rigorous medical exams and blood tests, shorter rounds (three rounds of two minutes with two minutes rest), larger gloves (noted sizes: 16, 12, 10), attentive referees, and clear rules—to prevent serious accidents that would harm boxing's reputation. He also references the origins of the Boxing Council arising from past darker moments and bad influences in the sport.
Questions this video answers
MRI for all fighters beforehand, plus rigorous medical exam and blood tests.
Three rounds of two minutes each with two minutes rest.
Glove sizes mentioned: 16, 12, 10 (oz implied).
Chapters
Francois Camila. I've seen his shows that make me laugh a lot. And he's smoking and drinking on stage, okay? And fat. And suddenly you see a well prepared, trained guy who gets in the ring and fights and wins boxing one. There. Did you see the Supernova thing? That's boxing, but for show, for show. And I mean totally different from serious boxing. What do we do? Either we refuse to get involved in something like that, or we welcome it and help them so that boxing doesn't lose. If there's a serious accident, boxing loses. Nobody's going to say no. He was an influencer and they didn't know. But he was knocked out, had a stroke or whatever. What we did was talk to Supernova and tell them, hey, if you're going to do boxing, how great. We recommend an MRI for all fighters beforehand. Right? Now you can have a congenital defect, a childhood blow that has a small hemorrhage hidden there, but with one blow, it explodes, you have a stroke and you can die. It's that simple, right? There are people who arrive at the gym without knowing, and that's what happens. The MRI gives you an overview. Oh, look, he has no brain problems, nothing physical. And the blood tests, A rigorous medical exam to make sure he's okay. Then the rules. Rounds. Three rounds of two minutes instead of three. And with two minutes of rest. Wonderful. Bigger gloves. What were they? 16, 12, 10. And a good referee who is attentive. If you saw, he told him standing up, that that doesn't exist in boxing. You count yourself standing up to see if he's hurt. The blow that hurts didn't come and it was a great result. Franco Escamilla. I've seen his programs that make me laugh a lot. And he's smoking and drinking on stage. Okay. And fat. And suddenly you see a well prepared, trained guy who gets into the ring and fights and wins. That's where boxing won. Boxing led him to discipline, care, training and taking things seriously. What happened after all the insults, they threw at each other for months. The bell rings and they hug and recognize each other and become friends. So then we can do it and get involved. But getting into regular boxing without gloves, kicking, biting and everything that happens in other things, we're never going to give in. We were talking a moment ago, before we started, about how the Council was born. I was telling you that I think that even during your father's tenure and a little earlier, there was a very dark moment in which boxing had a bad reputation at many points in its history. And you told me that in fact, the origin of the Council comes from this situation of bad influences and circles of power. Let's say dark circles with their hands in the business. Yeah.
