Is clinching excessively and using as a tactic considered cheating to you?

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Technically it's considered cheating since it's punishable by point deductions. The key word is excessively. In moderation, clinching is a part of boxing.

Amen !! Also, we need the refs to start enforcing the rules a bit more. How the hell are you gonna stop fighters from constantly holding, putting their elbows on a man's throat, or hitting behind the head if all they f**kin' do is warn them.

[BigStereotype]

It's not cheating. Actually, excessive clinching only really disrupts the flow of a fight when the referee jumps in every two seconds to break it up (Mayweather/Hatton). I don't mind seeing two fighters work way on the inside. Fighters like John Ruiz take it too far, but it's not cheating. It slows down action, which is necessary for some fighters against others who are too fast for them.

[SoldierWarrior]

It's not cheating. Actually, excessive clinching only really disrupts the flow of a fight when the referee jumps in every two seconds to break it up (Mayweather/Hatton). I don't mind seeing two fighters work way on the inside. Fighters like John Ruiz take it too far, but it's not cheating. It slows down action, which is necessary for some fighters against others who are too fast for them.

They TKO'd a fighter because he was excessively clinching Marquez! I don't even know how that works, it should have been a DQ! Since the ref stopped it because of the clinches in the 12th round, not because the other fighter took too much punishment!

I believe it was that fighter Howard who was fighting Marquez.