Reminder - Clinching is illegal

Amazing Fact:

Naoya Inoue initiated a clinch for the first time in his life in the Nonito Donaire fight.

 

People who justify excessive clinching don't actually believe in/like this gross and illegal form of spoiling, but defend it only because it's their guy(s).

You'll never actually hear one of these morons say that they're hoping X will clinch the **** out of XX on fight night.

 

Refs don't deduct points for clinching because it puts them in a tough position.

If you deduct a point for clinching then the next stop is to give a Disqualification. No ref wants to DQ a fighter for clinching.

 

Khan had two points deducted though, I thought they were both for 'pushing'..?

 

Anyway, hugging has been tolerated since back when 20+ rounds were expected from fighters. It was surely so that fighters could last the rounds and not be too tired.
Perhaps fighters were complicit that a decent 5-10 seconds of a clinch was more palatable to the crowd than constant 'Jr Witter style' non-engagement.
With 12 round max fights, I expect pro boxers to manage a full fight without resting during rounds. And I agree fully with the OP, hugging should be fully punished, it's cheating. It has far less penalty than pushing FFS, how can that be right...?

 

If boxing strictly enforced no clinching, history would be very, very different. I'd be all for it. This isn't wrestling, it is the art of punching.

 

I think they were both for pushing. At least the last one was.
His pushing was absolute ridiculous tho. It was such a blatant foul and he kept doing it over and over.

 

Not thats an offensive foul still, you might abuse it to stop the fight for a second but its still a offensive foul in nature.

 

Problem is these days there are few that know how to fight out of a clinch much less on the “Inside”

 

Well, I've requested many times on here for anyone to show me a championship fight where 2 points were deducted for pushing. As in, ever, in the history of boxing. I haven't seen it yet but I can readily show you many, many examples of championship fights where there is far more pushing than Khan showed against Peterson. And let's not forget, those two points entirely change the result of the fight.
I'm no Khan fanboy and believe he lost obviously to Diaz when he got the nod, but that Peterson fight, he got utterly shafted and robbed by blatant corruption imo.

 

Ok so when I stab somebody because he attacks me then that is as much a defensive action as if I would run away from him or hide behind something?

basketball is not boxing, the sporta intention is not to hurt each other which is the case in boxing.

 

They love it when it's their guy clinching over and over like Haney fans but then again Haney did what he had too and it's also the other boxers responsibility to be able to stop a clinch which is part of the game.