Boxing - Less lethal, more showy.

[Lord_earthfire]

What if the boxing ring applied like a "boxing mode" that heavily slows down people so it becomes more about precision and timing your strikes and less about who has the better micro. Could heavily increase the damage people do to shorten matches, turn it more into a "rock paper scissors" thing akin to kendo. Could be a status that gets applied when entering the ring, maybe even via the gong.

Giving certain moves like with kendo would actually be a neat idea. I would love to be able to give tider mc staffie an uppercut and throw them into the corner.

Why not tie the slowdown to special boxing boots? Maybe have them permanently the speed down effect but a different bonus like e.g. desorient resist. That way, the boots would be a poor mans magboots for loot-purposes but also fulfill their role in the ring.