someone else made a thread about this the other week

boxing is suppose to be entertainment isnt it? why arent the refs doing anything about it?

devon alexandra recently, mcphilbin against macrinelli, molina v kirkland

not once did the ref warn these fighters for holding yet their whole tactic was based on holding which is against the rules isnt it? The only thing molina and mcphilbin did at times was hold without any atempt to even throw on the way in

I would go as far to say that andre ward and wlad klit dont fight within the rules but thats kind of another step to the argument because at least they try and land punches as well as hold

I remember when matthew barny fought danny macintosh and the fight lasted 3 rounds (I think) and barny was DQ'd for holding by richie davies (I think). barnys holding was no worse than molina or mcphilbin (or alexandra for that matter)