I hate huggers !!!!!!!!!!

[dstew]

Taylor does hug when he's tired, yes...

But he also hugs when his opponent gets to close because he seems to have no confidence in his inside game.

[brooklyn kid]

Believe me, no one goes into a boxing match with a plan to clinch and hug. When a boxer gets exhausted he will clinch. Its basically a tactic to rest in the middle of a round when you need to rest. When you are really tired, you are also easier to knock out, so not only do you want to rest, you want to close any kind of gap so he can't swing a full body power shot on you.

I hate hugging to but it will always happen.

know what you mean but i think boxing needs a clean up crew
sort of like an evolution to the sport , the weak ones die off in favor of
fitter stronger men, they just need that one guy who would fight anybody anytime anywhere for any price, that one guy who is so ambitious to rise to the top he will fight bums, ex champions, legends, contenders, etc...
to rid the sport of the wannabes ( a la tyson in the late 80's)

you wanna clinch go do ufc

[rj_ct]

know what you mean but i think boxing needs a clean up crew
sort of like an evolution to the sport , the weak ones die off in favor of
fitter stronger men, they just need that one guy who would fight anybody anytime anywhere for any price, that one guy who is so ambitious to rise to the top he will fight bums, ex champions, legends, contenders, etc...
to rid the sport of the wannabes ( a la tyson in the late 80's)

you wanna clinch go do ufc

there are people like that. they usually have a few loses on their records as a result, and get written off as "bums" or (at best) "journeymen." obviously i disagree with that, but that's how it is.

the clinching had more to do with the contrasting styles in my opinion, but like i said in my other post, i thought jermain was putting together some really impressive combinations.

[IIG]

Jermain wasn't tired in this fight... Why would he be? He fought at a consistent, albeit reserved pace all night. He was talking between rounds without breathing heavily. Any holding on his part was defensive, to stop Lacy from getting any shots off up close. And lets not act like Lacy wasn't holding too. Remember, it was Jermain that was warned for pushing Lacy off, which I felt was out of frustration.