Is use of the Forearm Illegal or not?

[JonnyFolds]

Seriously.. I think the dirtiest fight I've seen recently is Chris Henry and Yousef Mack.

Henry is one dirty SOB! But tough tough tough.

[El Kabong]

ALL of the greatest fighters cheated, most of them were smart enough to do it an not get penalized for it. And really you can't say they cheated it's more they bent the rules exceptionally well.

At least he doesn't use the forearm like Tyson (where it's into your throat) or like Marciano (where he tries to knock you out with it, see the Archie Moore fight, Rocky hit him with EVERYTHING)

[DaxxKahn]

ALL of the greatest fighters cheated, most of them were smart enough to do it an not get penalized for it. And really you can't say they cheated it's more they bent the rules exceptionally well.

At least he doesn't use the forearm like Tyson (where it's into your throat) or like Marciano (where he tries to knock you out with it, see the Archie Moore fight, Rocky hit him with EVERYTHING)

Yeah Mike if he missed the punch he landed the forearm for sure

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Floyd ducks below the belt a hell of a lot and uses forearm/elbow often but it's up to the ref to pick up on it. To be fair it's not like he is butting and throwing low blows in there he is just bending rules rather than breaking them. If that makes sense.

yeah i forgot about that one.

I dunno... it just gets to me how the ref never pick's up on these things even though he always does it so blatantly.

If i were his opponent, i'd make suc a meal out of it. In fact, id pre warn the ref during the pre-fight breifing.

[Kel]

Is this legal? Almost below the fucking knee lol. What sort of punch do you employ to land in this situation? a 'downer cut'?

[Althugz]

True but he isn't there for long, Kel so it's hard to penalise him when he is up and down so fast.

I didn't even notice that one so I imagine it would be even harder for the ref judging by his position.

[sumkalambay]

fighters are rarely called for ducking below the waistline.

[Kel]

True but he isn't there for long, Kel so it's hard to penalise him when he is up and down so fast.

I didn't even notice that one so I imagine it would be even harder for the ref judging by his position.

Not there a lot you say? These are all from the Marquez fight, check em out.

[ElTerribleMorales]

True but he isn't there for long, Kel so it's hard to penalise him when he is up and down so fast.

I didn't even notice that one so I imagine it would be even harder for the ref judging by his position.

Not there a lot you say? These are all from the Marquez fight, check em out.

again not the first or the last to do it, Gabriel Ruelas almost dipped to the floor all night long against Leijas and Whitaker would do it in a whole mess of fights, Mayweather himself would dip to avoid the shot, not like he fought bent over the whole night lol

[Kel]

You had to quote me when the post was all messed up! Just took 10 mins fixing the cunt

[ElTerribleMorales]

You had to quote me when the post was all messed up! Just took 10 mins fixing the cunt

lmao sorry bro jajaja

[El Kabong]

...easy enough to stop Floyd from doing that...FOUL HIM.

[HattonTheHammer]

when its used as blatant as floyd its indeed as illegal as pacquiaos constant use of his head.

hatton actually took the piss out of floyd in one of the 24/7 episodes for constantly throwing his forearm into combinations almost as if it was routine for him.

Used it all night against hatton and cortez amazingly didnt happen to spot it once

hahaha some one is bitter about the two thrashings Hatton took, and Mayweather doesn't throw the forearm, he uses it to push his opponent off of him then follow up with a left hook or lead right, think too much is being made of this, he's done it his whole career so don't get why people are bitching now, and this is coming from a guy who was accused of being a "hater" just a couple days ago by JT lol

have you seriously ever studied mayweathers punching technique

every time he throws a 5-6 combo about 3-4 in a blatant left forearm gets chucked in

He did it on saturday night, did it against hatton and has been doing it throughout his career

Im not floyd bashing but to be so naive to say floyd doesnt/hasnt ever used that forearm on an opponent is just like me saying evander holyfield rarely ever headbutted!!

[cpcompany]

One of the pros in my gym ducks below the waistline constantly, making it incredibly hard to hit him. The only punch you can really connect when someone does this is an illegal punch to the back of the head.

[HattonTheHammer]

True but he isn't there for long, Kel so it's hard to penalise him when he is up and down so fast.

I didn't even notice that one so I imagine it would be even harder for the ref judging by his position.

Not there a lot you say? These are all from the Marquez fight, check em out.

very good spots

never ever thought about it before but he does have a tendancy to duck ridiculously low at times.

Cant really be seen as cheating though when theirs not actually a rule against it, it doesnt impair the opponent and its the same for both fighters