Quote Originally Posted by greynotsoold View Post
So you're fighting a strong hard hitting guy that wants to run after you and throw a ton of punches...What do you do? Let him? Fight his fight and get knocked out to entertain people? Boxing is not entertainment; it is a competition in which you try and hit the guy more than he hits you. Sometimes it is entertaining, sometimes less so. Strategy is an integral part of the sport. My big disappointment was that Molina was so artless about his holding and tying up. No style at all.
Kirkland may be too dumb to be a good fighter, and Ann Wolfe is useless in a corner.
That's an interesting viewpoint although I don't agree. Rule 2 of the Queensberry Rules expressly states that there is no holding. Most commissions follow the Queensberry Rules. Molina broke that rule when he initiated an excessive amount of holding. A strategy purposefully designed to break a rule in a sport with rules is a poor strategy. Realize that Molina could have fought on the inside without initiating clinches and had the same effect, which may have been your point I bolded above. In reality, it would have been even better because he would have been punching on the inside too. As I don't need to tell you, there have been many great matches almost entirely fought on the inside without holding.