Is ducking a punch illegal?

[BrendanWoodside]

The guy who fought ponce on the hatton-pbf undercard eduardo escabedo did nothing but bow his head down it was brutal to watch.. why take the fight if your afraid to get hit..the ref kept warning him to pick his head up..its definately not an entertaing defense

[SkilledB]

Umm "The Object of the game is to hit but not get hit"- Teddy Atlas

[-Hyperion-]

tats exactly why i cant stand deffensive minded slicksters...they do a lot of illegal **** like lowering their head and turning their backs....and you cant exploit it because its illegal to hit their backs/back of their heads...really frustrating...

[-Hyperion-]

The guy who fought ponce on the hatton-pbf undercard eduardo escabedo did nothing but bow his head down it was brutal to watch.. why take the fight if your afraid to get hit..the ref kept warning him to pick his head up..its definately not an entertaing defense

HBO noticed that when there are unknown fighers that wont affect them either way...but **** me if they ever criticise mayweather-guzman-hopkins-forrest and those guys with 'status" in the game....

[Brother Blues]

Probably if you were fight Sven Ottke...punching him was also illegal.

[DA1CATAS]

People have criticized fighters before for ducking forward in order to slip a punch. Is that illegal or does it have to do with how long your head is down there, which would take away a follow up shot?

THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION....

I'M GONNA READ EVERYONES RESPONSE FOR AN ANSWER BECAUSE I DUCK FORWARD SO MUCH WHEN I FOUGHT THIS HEAVYWEIGHT TO EVADE HIS HAYEMAKER RIGHT HAND...

AND I MEAN ALOT OF DUCKING.

[DA1CATAS]

Yopur not supposed to duck you head below your opponents belt by bending at the waist only. If you duck using your legs your cool, but dont just bend forward with your back only and go below the belt.

I believe that its a rule because of blows to the back of the head when you bend at the waist.........Rockin'

OOOOOO... WELL I WAS DOING BAD BY YOUR BOOK THEN.. YOU'LL SEE MY MANY DUCKS.