Grabbius Clinch (Frazier II fight) vs Grabimir Clinchko (Povetkin fight)

One is the GOAT. One is an ATG. One usually didn't clinch much. One built his whole style around it.

I sacrifced myself by watching these fights again and counting every clinch.
Wlad clinched 132 times. 11 clinches per round. Highest round score: 15 clinches.
Ali clinched 114 times (counting only the clinches that ref intervened in). 9.5 clinches per round. Highest round score: 13 clinches.

Who would have won the fight if the clinching was the only scoring criterion? Let's compare every round.

Grabbius Clinch vs Grabimir Clinchko, Clinchasa 2026, Boxing Forum 24

Round 1: 11:9, 10:9 Clinch
Round 2: 6:8, 10:9 Clinchko
Round 3: 10:7, 10:9 Clinch
Round 4: 12:12, 10:10 Draw
Round 5: 12:14, 10:9 Clinchko
Round 6: 9:14, 10:9 Clinchko
Round 7: 13:14, 10:9 Clinchko
Round 8: 10:15, 10-9 Clinchko
Round 9: 9:10, 10-9 Clinchko
Round 10: 11:11, 10:10 Draw
Round 11: 11:11, 10:10 Draw
Round 12: 9:7, 10:9 Clinch

Total: 117-114, 6-3-3 Grabimir Clinchko

Grabbius fought bravely, but it wasn't enough for Grabimir who dominated the middle rounds. Even in the round 7, when Clinch went on the offensive, Clinchko beat him by one. The best rounds for Grabimir were rounds 6 and 7, where he outsocred his opponent by 5 clinches. We can't however say that Grabbius was destroyed here - he won 3 rounds and drawed another 3. Mind you, this is only scored based on the amount of clinches. Grabimir's clinches were way more tougher on the opponent, plus he did throw him around more. So he scored more clinches and they were more effective. Clinchko had to ease up a bit at the end tho after getting a point deducted. Grabbius wasn't penalized in the fight.

 

In this fight yes. Usually he looked like Ali in Frazier II fight.