So what your saying is that the strictly pro fighters should be able to mix and match between different style rules…..
1 week fight pro, have a week off for injuries etc and then be in the ring again the following week on an amateur show with amateur rules and full pads.

Mixing and matching styles like that will be hard and may slow progress as you are trying to learn TWO styles. One week you are training on power styles and then the following week your opponent wins because you are too static (even if the shots don’t hurt/move you, they still score points).
Sure, you will clock up some great ring experience, but I think it will slow learning of one particular style.
(ie a low kick will score 1-point, irrespective of effect, under amateur rules. Under pro-rules the low kick must show effect by moving/ unbalancing your opponent for it to be recognised as a scoring blow)

You are right Tyler, I have competed under amateur rules before, and this is one of the things I found very frustrating. The fact that every time I hit my opponent he fell to the other side of the ring, but he could come back by throwing a two or three ineffective shots and win on points. The fact is that when you have got your technique down, its difficult to change styles and you need to be aware of how the judges are scoring and what they are looking for; hence my interest in the developments, training courses and comments on here by one of the UK’s top judges and referees, Tony Myers.

I can think of several amateur fights where the result would have been different if it were under pro-rules. This is an opportunity to establish which style suits each individual fighter.

In short…. HORSES FOR COURSES

There has been some talk on here about “veterans leagues” before…just because fighters get old, they would still like to compete….the older you get, the slower you heal, but they may still want to get in and fight with pads to have a “knock-about”..... Maybe an idea, Neil….. :)

What’s the oldest guy you have had on the AKA shows?