If your opponent excessively clinches, theres only one real solution...

[extracurRICular]

Not possible when the ref has the excessive clincher's best interest in mind. Such as the case of Kenny Bayless and Fraud Mayweather Jr.

Great minds think alike.......I made this same post weeks back.........

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=677114

[brettWall]

One thing to do is to reach out to the guy who is about to face a known excessive hugger. Tell him to fight dirty once the hugging starts. Give the mofo a bear hug, lift him up and slam him on the floor. It's just to express frustration when the ref does nothing about it. When nothing is still being done halfway into the fight to stop the hugging, then forget about getting DQ'd. Sucker punch the guy, apply head butts, anything. Such guy should be applauded. I'm sure the audience would be glad to see it. About time.

[jas]

low blows ,

i agree

[hhs661]

If it's that easy then everyone would do it. But when you have someone clinching, leaning on top of you, holding you and getting in punches at the same time, you might need more than dirty tactics to get over that.

Plus, I've noticed in all sports that most of the time they don't issue a warning or foul on the instigator. It's usually on the one who reacts to being fouled that gets punished. So maybe that's in the back of their minds as well.

[-PBP-]

All it takes is studying and taking your craft seriously.

[anonymous2.0]

If you got the size advantage like Wlad, just toss your man down. IIRC Haye stopped clinching after tasting the floor a few times in the first round.

[Crazylegs77]

Clinching makes fights unbearable to watch and it needs to stop one way or another.

Its amazing excessive clinching is a real dilemma, enough for threads about it. It is illegal and obviously the referees aren't doing their jobs if at all. Custom reffing has to stop.

[NEETzsche]

If you got the size advantage like Wlad, just toss your man down. IIRC Haye stopped clinching after tasting the floor a few times in the first round.

it seemed to me that haye was deliberately provoking wlad into clinching him and then flopping to the floor in a bid to get a point deducted

[Damiens]

I agree that fighters should get dirty. I don't condone the act, but if the referee doesn't do his job then they have my seal of approval. That being said, it's the REFEREE'S job to take points away for holding. It's getting ridiculous the direction our sport is taking. It seems that the key for fighting a pressure fighter is to hold him. Not out box him, not counter-punch him but just hold him. Referee's like Kenny Beyless (and no I'm not JUST talking May-Pac, I'm talking May-Maidana + Brook/Porter, etc) should get PUNISHED. If it was up to me, I'd never let them ref a major fight again. Just get another ref. If they **** up then too bad. We don't pay to watch referee's so I'd say they're pretty expendable in that sense. Fighter's only do what they're allowed to do. Don't blame fighters for clinching/holding, blame the referee.

[daggum]

If you got the size advantage like Wlad, just toss your man down. IIRC Haye stopped clinching after tasting the floor a few times in the first round.

haye was the one clinching? lol! nice eyes there buddy