If clinching was more harshly punished, how does HW history change?

I´m fine. Cool avatar, Monzon has that killer face in there !

 

Hahahahaha Owned.

 

Owned hahahaha. I haven't got photographic memory you plank. It's not hard to watch a few Tyson fights yourself to discover Tyson wasn't a fighter that didn't clinch.

 

So it's ok if they don't do it for too long?

 

It's part and parcel of the game when you have two men coming together in a fight. Clinching is nothing new, if you think Wlad is bad go take a look at Jack Johnson. Trying to police it properly would be a nightmare that's why refs prefer to let the fighters punch their way out of a clinch. Maybe a 3 second hold count could be introduced? If the fighters don't break in that time then the ref should automatically split them up.

 

So what if the fighters come together at near enough the same time? Who do we give the round to? Does the man who instigated the clinch lose the round or the man who lets go last?

We can see now how judges make a pigs ear of their job, giving them the task to call rounds on clinching as well would be a nightmare Imo.

 

I think for practicality this is what has been going on unofficially anyway. I think a refs tolerance to the clinch needs to be uniform. There is far too much selective tolerance toward the house, if you know what I mean.

 

Officially it IS that simple but the reality is something else.

Richard Steele unhelpfully making famous his slogan "punch and get out" was his way of officiating. It was never correct.

In Britain (where all the rules originate) the command of "Break" is used. Still the ref decides when to say it, but not observing the command provokes a warning and telling off.

This is all very simple, but boxing being a business, refs offering more leeway have been in more demand than stickers to the rules.

This is the problem.

 

Otimo, cara. Obrigado.

 

Likewise, you should only low blow, head butt, or elbow when you are hurt.

Fighters already have a recourse when they are hurt, don't want to be knocked out, and need a breather. They can take a knee. It costs one point.

This part I agree with.

 

If he had clinched, it wouldn't have been fight of the year. There is a direct correlation between how enjoyable a fight is and how many clinches there are.