This is one of the reasons I don't think it was a terrific fight. In boxing today it is almost as though we are meant to turn a blind eye to blatant cheating. Some even seem to laud it as a 'skill' and it shouldn't be that way. To be fair though Kovalev was doing it too whence we got an ugly fight and no proper warnings. Clinches and butts shouldn't be allowed. I will never forget Ward/Kessler. Son of God? Son of Goat more like.