Deliberate fouls

[marbleheadmaui]

For men like BHOP, Henry Armstrong, El Alacran, Sandy Saddler and Smokin' Joe?

Fouls were a way of life and part of the overall game. Shots to the hips, even to the butt when the ref is on the other side when the fighters are in tight, forearms that mysteriously rise to the throat to get room, following a right hand with a right elbow for a second shot, grinding the chin or head into a shoulder, spinning a guy and hitting him, palming an injury and on and on it goes.

That kind of stuff to me is gamesmanship and I actually think it is part of the art.

It also reflects a real mindset about ta fight being a FIGHT. When Vargas had Tito in trouble, Tito went low. Was it legal? Nope. Deliberate? I thought so. Should he have risked losing instead?

[Spicoli]

Golota going Polish landshark and biting Sampson Pouha was as clear as it gets ....Nate Fitch kneeing Lou Savarese in the balls hurt. Jeff Franklin "breaking" Gabe Ruelas arm didn't look intentional...but still hard to watch! Terry Norris thugging a fallen Joe Walker in the back of the head, that was intentional.

Agapito Sanchez RIP might get his own thread

[Mars_ax]

Golota going Polish landshark and biting Sampson Pouha was as clear as it gets ....Nate Fitch kneeing Lou Savarese in the balls hurt. Jeff Franklin "breaking" Gabe Ruelas arm didn't look intentional...but still hard to watch! Terry Norris thugging a fallen Joe Walker in the back of the head, that was intentional.

Agapito Sanchez RIP might get his own thread

LMFAO @ Polish landshark, and don't forget when Andy deliberately tried to disembowel Riddick Bowe.

[Master]

Tyson bending the arm of Botha,
Corales spitting out his gum shield against Castillo,
Whitaker bending his head below the belt line,
Lennox leaning on his opponents,
Ruiz holding onto his opponents,
Vargas spitting on his opponent,