Hugging, pushing your opponent off balance and running...

[W1LL]

Isn't really skilled boxing is it? I saw both Floyd and Vitali doing this in recent weeks. If it wasn't the house fighter using these tactics, say if it was the opponent, I am sure warning would be given for the hugging and pushing, and points probably taken. Thoughts?

[rskumm21]

Isn't really skilled boxing is it? I saw both Floyd and Vitali doing this in recent weeks. If it wasn't the house fighter using these tactics, say if it was the opponent, I am sure warning would be given for the hugging and pushing, and points probably taken. Thoughts?

I didn't see Floyd doing any of the above mentioned. What I saw was good lateral movement against a guy who was to slow to catch him (though I did think Floyd had an unfair advantage). Vitali kept a nice distance between him and Chris for the majority of the fight, and in the later rounds was backing up when Chris was bull-rushing him to try and land that 1 big punch. That's good boxing if you ask me. If anything Marquez and Arreola were the house fighters so that argument is irrelevant. That's why it's called "boxing" and not just "fighting".

[firstborn]

No really a skilled technique, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. It is a fight!