Punching on the Back of The Head by Peter is Illegal

[Pno]

sounds like bitterness to me

it's still illegal to punch, regardless of if it's in the back of the head, when in a clinch

[Dirt E Gomez]

and what all of you seem to forget here is that the bare fact that Peter was punching when a clinch was in progress was illegal and what he was warned about. The ref was rubbish, plain and simple.

Excuse me? Did I just read that? Have you ever watched boxing before?

[Pno]

Excuse me? Did I just read that? Have you ever watched boxing before?

I think so.. it's the sport with the guys wearing gloves in a square shaped ring, divided into 12 equal length rounds?

what about my statements is untrue?
when a boxer hits during a clinch, the ref will say, stop punching and break them apart. If the boxer continues to punch, disobeying the ref, then they can be penalized and eventally disqualified, right?

[Dirt E Gomez]

You've added more to your statement. If your opponent holds you, you may continue to punch until the ref says break. If the ref doesn't say break, punch away. Since Peter was never doing the holding, he could flail away at Wlad all day long.

[Pno]

so it's not illegal to punch when you're in a clinch?

it's just illegal to disobey the ref?

[Bozo_no no]

so it's not illegal to punch when you're in a clinch?

it's just illegal to disobey the ref?

It's not a question of the fighter electing to do what is and isn't legal.

It's about doing what you can get away with.

The ref's job is to enforce the fight, and if he makes a bad call, it's not the other fighter's fault for doing what he can get away with in the fight.

This is all a moot point in regards to the fight last night, because all of this alleged "Rabbit punching" some of you are cyring about was the result of Wlad turning his head away from Peter's punches.

That's 100% his own fault.

[guru]

It's not a question of the fighter electing to do what is and isn't legal.

It's about doing what you can get away with.

The ref's job is to enforce the fight, and if he makes a bad call, it's not the other fighter's fault for doing what he can get away with in the fight.

This is all a moot point in regards to the fight last night, because all of this alleged "Rabbit punching" some of you are cyring about was the result of Wlad turning his head away from Peter's punches.

That's 100% his own fault.

not all the times was wlad turning away... some of the times they were just tied and peter was still trying to hit him.. but since they were tied all he could hit was the back of wlads head...

[Pno]

just about all of Peter's punches were either looping punches or hooks.. he didn't throw many straight punches.
If you throw a looping punch that close, where else is it going to hit, but somewhere dangerous like the back of the head or the ear?

obviously, he was just trying to win, and rightfully so, but in a place that produced a fighter recently killed from boxing, you would think they would step up safety in the ring instead of the lack of officiating allowing around a dozen punches to the back of the head.

[Nautilus]

I watched the video and yes, Wlad was defending himself by slipping under the arm of Peter in the first case, but the punches on the back of the head (the first two KDs) were still illegal!



Also the punches that caused the first two KD's were not looping. They looked like very purposeful punches on the back of the head.

Peter did a lot of rabbit-punching on Sykes and Diaz, tons of it.
One day he will get punished for that badly.

[DiegoFuego]

Everybody hits behind the head. Peter's knockdowns were clean so why does it matter? Mayorga won a fight against Forrest on points by hitting behind the head. There's nothing wrong with it apparently so stop complaining.