If you were a ref, would you let Hatton...

Ali only held when people got inside on him. He didnt charge at them and grab them.

 

Hell yeah i would he gonna be running might as well make the match even.

 

only if the opponent keeps running...it might be the only chance theyd actually fight.

 

Hatton should have been DQed against Tszyu...but as you know...that wasn't gonna happen in Manchester with Hatton's favorite ref.

If I were the ref...I would warn about the holding and hitting 2 times...take a point for the 3rd infraction...take another point if he does it again...then DQ him if he continued...

That's the proper way to handle that offense.

 

Sort of like elbows to the throat and head !!!

 

is that to save pbf from the punishment he is likely to recieve if the fight went on.

 

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Hmmmmmmmmm :think

None . . . that I know :huh :-(

 

After the Castillo fight everyone was complaining about Hatton holding- I watched rd 4 on Youtube and I really don't see Hatton doing any of that- in my view, Castillo was doing more, Hatton was just coming forward

 

Lewis/Akinwande comes to mind.

 

Oscar looked too predictable with his punches- Hatton will be much sharper, choosing his punches better

 

Not many- usually because the fighter shat himself(akinwande)

 

Oh that is okay then.:roll: Fighters throughout history have clinched and spoiled, from Ali to Duran and so on....
Hatton usually attacks, clinches and then fights on the inside and back out again.

If he clinches like he did in the first 4 rounds of the Tsyzu fight or the last few rounds of Urango....penalise it.
If he clinches when distance is closed and fights out and works on the inside then that is boxing, if you you disagree then stop watching amateur fights and go buy some videos of the supposed "greats" from the past 50 years.

 

Ah ah . . . nah nah nah . . . not after the Castillo fight . . . after the Tszyu fight. :yep

 

The rules forbid excessive holding, and it depends on what the ref considers excessive.

In general, Ricky has gotten away with excessive holding, especially by a British referee and a huge British crowd in the Tszyu fight, a fight he would have lost with most other refs.

Re: Divac's points on Ruiz.

I would be quite happy to have the ref taser the quiet man at the first indication that he was contemplating a clinch.

John belongs in WWF.

Nice guy, genuinely puzzled at the ire he draws, but he's BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD for boxing.