When Andre ward fights like that, or hopkins

[Tom Cruise]

Until boxing finds a way to cut out excessive clinching attracting casual fans will be a problem

What's the point of an inside fighter working his way inside if he can just get grabbed and have the ref create distance again?

I reckon either let them both work on the inside and force one to fight out the clinch, or start taking away big points for initiating them constantly

[Cutthroat]

They actually fight inside unlike Wlad, 0 body shots today lmao. What makes it even worse is Wlad is doing it against pure bums while Ward/Hopkins fight world class fighters.


And Praised? Wlad is a superstar, combine Ward/Hopkins' career winnings and they'll be dwarfed by Wlad's.

[prinzemanspopa]

Don't think Ward deserves that bad rap anymore, to be honest. The holding hasn't been a factor in any of his fights since at least the Bika fight.

[lx!!]

Ward is no where near as bad. Hopkins is thou. Wladimir clinched more than most fighters do in there entire career in this fight it was horrible, from the opening bell.
Agree thou Hopkins does get praised for the exact same tactics.

[Bigg Rigg]

Ward isn't as bad as Hopkins and Wlad. And in fairness to Hopkins, I've never seen him fight that bad. Klitschko was doing more hugging then Alexander. Smh horrible fight. HBO shouldn't even show it again later.

[sicko]

Neither fight like that not even close, Wlad is looking to grab every time he misses a punch so he won't have to get hit

What he did today was PATHETIC! That wasn't boxing!

[DeadLikeMe]

Hopkins has always been heavily criticized when he pulls **** like that. It was a shameful display. I never want to hear "HBO is prejudiced against Wlad" arguments again.

[Mrsantiago]

Holding and hitting especially rabbit punches behind the head is something that my man carl froch and alot of british fighters do and get away with

[bojangles1987]

Ward isn't as bad as Hopkins and Wlad. And in fairness to Hopkins, I've never seen him fight that bad. Klitschko was doing more hugging then Alexander. Smh horrible fight. HBO shouldn't even show it again later.

Hopkins fought just as bad in the Roy Jones rematch. A lot of us were convinced he was done after that.

[Stuntman Mike]

Wlad does this every fight... and in that one fight probably broke more rules than Ward in his entire career..