Is it illegal to duck below the waist line?

**SiCaRiO13 Jr** · 02-25-2010, 11:37 PM

no, it is illegal in amatuer boxing, but not pro, just see Pernell Whitaker. his head sometimes touch the canvas while he was ducking

**Mikhnienko** · 02-26-2010, 12:25 AM

Originally posted by $iCaRiO

no, it is illegal in amatuer boxing, but not pro, just see Pernell Whitaker. his head sometimes touch the canvas while he was ducking

Yes it is. Harold Letterman has complained about this on more than 1 occasion.

It's like if you get hit low but were pulling the opponents head down at the same time, the guy who landed low isn't at fault, isn't warned and certainly doesn't have a point taken. The guy who got hit low is at fault for pulling the guys head down.

Floyd alot of the time, Whitaker back in the day, Dirrell vs Froch, that is against the rules but seems not to be enforced.

If a punch lands on the back of their head due to them being bent below their opponents waist, which happened a couple times in the Froch Dirrell fight, the guy bending low is supposed to be at fault. Again, not commonly enfored but that is a rule. Happened in Afolabi-Huck too quite a bit.

**RisAri0** · 02-26-2010, 12:27 AM

interesting

**SiCaRiO13 Jr** · 02-26-2010, 12:29 AM

Originally posted by Mikhnienko

Yes it is. Harold Letterman has complained about this on more than 1 occasion.

It's like if you get hit low but were pulling the opponents head down at the same time, the guy who landed low isn't at fault, isn't warned and certainly doesn't have a point taken. The guy who got hit low is at fault for pulling the guys head down.

Floyd alot of the time, Whitaker back in the day, Dirrell vs Froch, that is against the rules but seems not to be enforced.

If a punch lands on the back of their head due to them being bent below their opponents waist, which happened a couple times in the Froch Dirrell fight, the guy bending low is supposed to be at fault. Again, not commonly enfored but that is a rule. Happened in Afolabi-Huck too quite a bit.

My bad, I haven't seen anyone get a warning or a point taken off because of it

**..WaRSpencE..** · 02-26-2010, 12:31 AM

Yes sir...but so is excessive clinching..

**Mikhnienko** · 02-26-2010, 01:22 AM

Originally posted by The.Eyetalian

Yes sir...but so is excessive clinching..

True and it would make for better fights if that was enforced. It's a little subjective though and up to the discretion of the ref.

When a guy had his head below the opponents waist and he gets hit on the back of the head due to that it's far more cut and dry.

Giving a warning for rabbit punching when they've ignored the golden rule of protecting yourself at all times and caused it themselves should be criticized far more when a ref ****s that up imo.

**B.U.R.N.E.R** · 02-26-2010, 01:24 AM

Its about as illegal as clinching.

No biggie in boxing. Whitaker did it all the time.

Is it illegal to duck below the waist line?