Wlads holding tactics

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In the Peter fight Wlad lunged in to hold and clamp himself on, he hooked his arm around Peters on the inside and the other around his kneck and leaned on, the referee was very complacent in letting that go before warning him in about round 10.

I lost count after 95 holds,

Clinching is not illegal but stepping into a clinch is. If you have enough room to step forward to clinch you then have enough room to punch. Clinching is legal only when you are unable to punch.

If you watch a number of Rocky Marciano's fights you won't see a lot of clinching. Marciano had a few tricks to deal with opponents who like to play huggybear, like headbutts, shoulderbutts, eye gouging, forearms, elbows, nutpunches and anything else he could improvise. Klitschko plays huggybear simply because the bums standing in front of him never learned how to fight.