Tony Weeks Should Have Disqualified Wlad For Excessive Holding

So what do you when someone leaps at you trying to clinch? You step back and uppercut those fools. He usually clinches when someone is firing shots at him, which is a sound stragety when he tries finding an arm and clinching you, you must hit him. But Pulev was well in range to do so, but he wasnt quick enough. Thats the problem, there arent many fighters quick enough to exploit that clinch.

 

He should get warnings at least with points deducted. Tell me honestly now Do you think any referee that DQ'd Wlad in Germany would get out alive???? Same way with Floyd in Vegas

 

I don't think that was disqualification worthy (Povetkin fight was), maybe a warning or two, Pulev himself was doing more fouling than Wlad in that fight anyway.

 

Weeks should've, but not Pabon?

The clinching was a million times worse on 10-5-13.

 

So did Ali. The boxing ruling class allowed this technique to go unpunished as Ali was a cultural phenom as well as an athletic marvel. Money talks so the money men of boxing let him get away with grabbing shorter opponents and bending them over to neutralize their offense and exhaust them. Don't blame the tall, talented athletic modern day marvel Wlad Klitschko for just following in Ali's footsteps.

 

Refs really oughtta punish Wlad for that kinda stuff.

 

The clinching is one thing, but the throwing and shoving he does after a punch/in the clinch should be penalized.

 

Shut up atsch

Pulev was the more dirty fighter Saturday. He should have been warned more against Povetkin and eventually DQ'd if he continued to grab and clinch. But nothing wrong in this fight...

 

So Pulev do the same, when Wlad hit him, he clinches. He attack, he clinches.
Stop crying about Povetkin, cause Povetkin initiate all. He was trying to spear Wlad all night, was playing low all night and was charging to Wladimir, who should do what? He should going backward and get into Povetkin range, that was the plan from Povetkin, but guess what Wladimir dont care about ***** who know nothing about boxing. Povetkin refuse to play outside, Klitschko refuse to play inside and refuse to move from center of the ring, so that was the match.
Watch Vitali - Lennox, Vitali is not a guy who goes into clinches but in that match there was a lot of clinches, just because they was both aggressive and both was going forwards.
Its f***** normal. And NO, no one will DQ Wlad or whatever guy who is doing that. Just f**** accept it that clinches is part from boxing and its not invented by Wlad K.
I agree the ref was a sh** with Povetkin but he should penalized Povetkin for going low as well, not only Wladimir.
And the ref with Pulev should penalized Pulev for all rabbit shot he throw.
But you know what? Thats a Wlad answer to all s**** who hate him :
https://vine.co/v/O56KvUBLuEL
KTFO !!!

 

Seriously, in that bout? We might just have reached the point where both might have been in for a point deduction but Pulev was already flat on his back, so that's a mute point.

If every single HW fight (just imagine the rest of the divisions) in history had been reffed completely following the rules then Ali would never have been "the greatest", Lennox would have been DQ'd even in the Grant fight, Holyfield would have had a very tough career etc... etc.

DQ my ass! :-(

 

I thought the holding was not excessive in the Pulev fight, thanks to Pulev's upright stance. In the Povetking fight Wlad should have been deducted points at the very least and if he continued he should have been DQ'd.

 

Yes, but if you were being fair and playing by the rules then you'd have to DQ fighters that swing wide and land on their opponents' back routinely in a fight too. Or fighters that push off when fighting on the inside. Or fighters after the first or second clash of heads. Or fighters who land on the belt line in exchanges.

I agree some of what Wladimir always does is against the rules to some extent, but as an above poster said; don't be naive.

 

The holding in the Pulev fight was not excessive unlike in the Povetkin fight. He definitely should have been penalized for it and received at least a couple of point deductions and more had he continued with those tactics against Povetkin.

Too many referees these days seem to not want to penalize excessive holding. It's allowed holding to become more pervasive in boxing which is a shame as it can ruin a fight and alter the outcome of fights.