Ban glove tapping and hugging until the start of the 12th round. Yes or No?

To start I gotta say that I think Floyd was a piece of poo for choosing to end the fight the way he did..... That said, there seems to be an increasing trend in recent years of glove tapping and hugging during title fights like its some kind of sparring session or something. I found the constant tapping of gloves during the Pac-Mosley fight annoying in the extreme and the same goes for Ortiz trying to hug Floyd like a homo after nutting him in the chops. Get rid of it I say! What do you think?

Comments (14)

junior_gong

It would appear that he have an advocate of hugging and tapping...well, one so far at least!

14y ago

junior_gong

Yeah, and that was in the first seconds of the first round of their fight, If Khan didn't duck he would have been KTFO, but maidana still got called a badasss for pulling that move. Look, I didnt create this thread for flomo's to come in here whining about how Floyd is so hard done by. There are a million other threads created since saturday you could do that in.:nonono:

14y ago

Ray

I remember when Khan went to tap gloves with Maidana. So, Maidana tried to take his head off. That's how I prefer fights :boxing: Yeah, and that was in the first seconds of the first round of their fight, If Khan didn't duck he would have been KTFO, but maidana still got called a badasss for pulling that move.

14y ago

junior_gong

lol. http://a398.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/68/l_4cff6030c9704e4fa97298731bbdb295.gif Larry is gonna wank himself to death if he sees that.

14y ago

Ring_Leader

but if they're both doing it, they both get deducted? kind of a moot point dont you think? yea i guess. they should be taking money out of their purses

14y ago

TheKza

What would the fine be for an instance like Joe Calzaghe trying to bum Hopkins? lol. http://a398.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/68/l_4cff6030c9704e4fa97298731bbdb295.gif

14y ago

Troav

I remember when Khan went to tap gloves with Maidana. So, Maidana tried to take his head off. That's how I prefer fights :boxing:

14y ago

junior_gong

what they need to do is enforce it via fines hugging more than once = $50K off the purse and so forth What would the fine be for an instance like Joe Calzaghe trying to bum Hopkins?

14y ago

junior_gong

Does anyone else here think its becoming more common?

14y ago

Ring_Leader

ban it all together. they tap gloves before the fight and can hug like mixed martial artists after the fight. first can be a warning, then a pt deduction then another pt deduction ect

14y ago

junior_gong

i don't care for it. It got really ridiculous in the pac vs shane fight. But tbh, fighters should just use common sense. There should be no problem. (ortiz is an idiot in every possibly way fwiw) Ortiz has no balls, doesnt even seem bothered. He is like the Audley Harrison of the mid weight classes.:nonono:

14y ago

Mr_Randy_Watson

sounds good to me

14y ago

Barry_Halls

i don't care for it. It got really ridiculous in the pac vs shane fight. But tbh, fighters should just use common sense. There should be no problem. (ortiz is an idiot in every possibly way fwiw)

14y ago

rudyyr

Definitely! that is becoming annoying, if you want to be friends, be friends after the fight. That should eliminate issues like this in the future. Plus the ref needs to have alot more control than cortez had. It used to be that the ref was the only one that would command fighters to touch them up when the fight got too dirty and starting taking points away..

14y ago