i kinda like this idea, it made me think of the valley forge SBE amateur open format. Maybe someday someone could do races to 10, 15 round title bout. First person to score 8 points wins. This action would be more intense for the viewers, maybe even for the players. Some points would be more well deserved than others, however. Let's say that one guy does run a ten pack, then loses the next one on the hill. Might not go to that extreme, but I'm sure you get the point.
A 20 ahead set or something would be cool too, but might never end.
Might be good to keep the race to 100, but add a 20 game mercy rule after 75 games or something. So if there is a blowout, then we'd all be spared the anti-climatic finish.