Berto - Collazo point deduction.

[amat]

Everyone is missing the point. The point is that there needs to be a crackdown on holding by EVERYONE. Take away what happened last night, why has Wlad gotten away with his act for so long without warning? He holds EVERYTIME on the inside that is not fair, it's against the rules and should be punished. It wouldn't be a problem if there were more deductions across the board. Every fighter has the ability to punch rather then clinch. On the inside it's not necessary to hold tell them to go watch Corrales-Castillo, that was such a great fight because both guys seemed to have a mutual agreement not to hold and it worked out.

Holding in boxing needs to go.

[CFH]

Everyone is missing the point. The point is that there needs to be a crackdown on holding by EVERYONE. Take away what happened last night, why has Wlad gotten away with his act for so long without warning? He holds EVERYTIME on the inside that is not fair, it's against the rules and should be punished. It wouldn't be a problem if there were more deductions across the board. Every fighter has the ability to punch rather then clinch. On the inside it's not necessary to hold tell them to go watch Corrales-Castillo, that was such a great fight because both guys seemed to have a mutual agreement not to hold and it worked out.

Holding in boxing needs to go.

That is what I was trying to get at with this thread.

[Taeth]

Everyone is missing the point. The point is that there needs to be a crackdown on holding by EVERYONE. Take away what happened last night, why has Wlad gotten away with his act for so long without warning? He holds EVERYTIME on the inside that is not fair, it's against the rules and should be punished. It wouldn't be a problem if there were more deductions across the board. Every fighter has the ability to punch rather then clinch. On the inside it's not necessary to hold tell them to go watch Corrales-Castillo, that was such a great fight because both guys seemed to have a mutual agreement not to hold and it worked out.

Holding in boxing needs to go.

this isn't the amateurs though, Clinching has always been a part of proffesional boxing illegal or not. Sometimes when people get in close there is no choice but to clinch, and still a fight can be very exciting, I mean Ali-Frazier was one of the best trilogies ever, and they had a lot of clinching. Leonard-Duran I was way more exciting than Leonard-Duran II and they had a way more clinching in the first fight. I think sometimes it makes a fight a lot better because guys feel more comfortable being able to use their hands on the inside.