Originally posted by turbotime
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I really hate clinching man, it just sucks the life out of fights.
Just watch the fluidity and pace that took place in the Morales-Garcia fight, where there was very little clinching happening, and compare it to the clinchfest of Kirkland-Molina. IT was a good strategy by Molina, especially since the dumbass ref didn't do jack about it, but it really stunk the fight out.
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Ward/Froch didn't have as much holding, and Ward was actively working within the clinch. Molina's holding was ****in excessive, and he would initiate them out of the blue. That **** gave me a tremendous headache. I didn't mind it for like the first 3-4 rounds, but it got annoying real quick. Kirkland/Molina is not a fight I want to see again.
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Originally posted by Roman Moreno View PostThis is true, I agree with this.
Plus the other three aren't "dependent" on clinching. It sounds weird since it happens often in their fights, but they can be completely successful without it. Molina had his best moments tonight where he just was blasting Kirkland back without holding him up. I think it was round six where Kirkland was coming on and Molina put him back in his place.
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Difference is Ward and Hopkins are versatile and can fight from all areas, which means they don't have to resort to running the clock, avoiding all contact by spoiling, then solely looking to get their punches off after the ref separated them off a clinch they initiated. That's the difference here. Again I found Molina's stuff annoying because those tactics seemed cowardly, but I can't get mad at him because it sure won him the majority of the rounds. At times he would hold, literally do nothing for 2 mins, then start fighting around the last minute...
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