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The correct thing is for there to be an even playing field in a boxing bout. That is, the same rules / standards should apply to both boxers during a boxing bout. Either both should be obligated to follow all the rules of boxing. Or both should be allowed to break the rules of boxing.
if one boxer (Guillermo Rigondeaux) breaks the rules (ducking below the waist and excessively holding) and then Vasyl Lomachenko responds by also breaking the rules (punching in the back of the head). Then it is acceptable! Why? Simply because there would then exist an even playing field for both boxers. If Guillermo Rigondeaux was allowed to break a rule, such as bending below the waist whilst Vasyl Lomachenko was prevented from breaking any rules, such as punching in the back of the head and vice versa. Only then would it be unacceptable!
If any boxer is guilty, then it is the one who is initially breaking the rules. Which was clearly Rigondeaux. If Lomachenko responds by breaking a rule himself, then the playing field becomes even and therefore, nobody has to be blamed. Cheating or not cheating, the playing field has to be evened out for a bout to be acceptable and fair.
Also, the referee doesn't invent and create the rules of boxing. That is not the job of the referee. The referee's job is to enforce the rules that have already been established. If the referee fails to enforce an established rule (such as when a boxer is bending below the waist), then the referee is at fault. Just because a referee doesn't call out a foul / an illegal move, doesn't mean that foul somehow becomes legal. Just because a referee allows a boxer to foul / use illegal moves, doesn't mean that illegal move or foul becomes legal. It means the referee is at fault!
In most cases, Rigondeaux was bending below the waist where he was illegally eliminating any legal target area of his body to punch at. Thus, if he gets punched in an illegal part of his body because he is only showing illegal parts of his body by totally eliminating any legal area, then it is his fault. If a punch from Vasyl Lomachenko was about to land in the front part of the face of Guillermo Rigondeaux but Rigondeaux ducks below the waist and gets hit in the back of the head instead, then it is Rigondeaux's fault. If Lomachenko throws a punch at the front of Rigondeaux's body but Rigondeaux turns away and only exposes his back and if the punch ends up landing on the back of Rigondeaux, then it is Rigondeaux's fault.
From what I've watched, the only times Lomachenko was throwing punches at the back of Rigondeaux's head was after Rigondeaux was exposing his own back. That is Rigondeaux's fault and if the referee won't do anything to stop Rigondeaux from doing this, then Lomachenko has every right to throw punches at whatever Rigondeaux is giving him.
We can't ignore the fact that Rigondeaux was clinching / holding excessively. He was also trying to hold and hit on occasions. Along with an elbow attempt too. Lomachenko was responding to most of them with fouls of his own. Thus, I'm not complaining about fouling from either guy because both were fouling. However, Rigondeaux was initiating the fouls and Lomachenko was responding to the fouls initiated by Rigondeaux. In the end, what matters was the fact that it was an evened out playing field. Thus, whatever happened was appropriate and right.
if one boxer (Guillermo Rigondeaux) breaks the rules (ducking below the waist and excessively holding) and then Vasyl Lomachenko responds by also breaking the rules (punching in the back of the head). Then it is acceptable! Why? Simply because there would then exist an even playing field for both boxers. If Guillermo Rigondeaux was allowed to break a rule, such as bending below the waist whilst Vasyl Lomachenko was prevented from breaking any rules, such as punching in the back of the head and vice versa. Only then would it be unacceptable!
If any boxer is guilty, then it is the one who is initially breaking the rules. Which was clearly Rigondeaux. If Lomachenko responds by breaking a rule himself, then the playing field becomes even and therefore, nobody has to be blamed. Cheating or not cheating, the playing field has to be evened out for a bout to be acceptable and fair.
Also, the referee doesn't invent and create the rules of boxing. That is not the job of the referee. The referee's job is to enforce the rules that have already been established. If the referee fails to enforce an established rule (such as when a boxer is bending below the waist), then the referee is at fault. Just because a referee doesn't call out a foul / an illegal move, doesn't mean that foul somehow becomes legal. Just because a referee allows a boxer to foul / use illegal moves, doesn't mean that illegal move or foul becomes legal. It means the referee is at fault!
In most cases, Rigondeaux was bending below the waist where he was illegally eliminating any legal target area of his body to punch at. Thus, if he gets punched in an illegal part of his body because he is only showing illegal parts of his body by totally eliminating any legal area, then it is his fault. If a punch from Vasyl Lomachenko was about to land in the front part of the face of Guillermo Rigondeaux but Rigondeaux ducks below the waist and gets hit in the back of the head instead, then it is Rigondeaux's fault. If Lomachenko throws a punch at the front of Rigondeaux's body but Rigondeaux turns away and only exposes his back and if the punch ends up landing on the back of Rigondeaux, then it is Rigondeaux's fault.
From what I've watched, the only times Lomachenko was throwing punches at the back of Rigondeaux's head was after Rigondeaux was exposing his own back. That is Rigondeaux's fault and if the referee won't do anything to stop Rigondeaux from doing this, then Lomachenko has every right to throw punches at whatever Rigondeaux is giving him.
We can't ignore the fact that Rigondeaux was clinching / holding excessively. He was also trying to hold and hit on occasions. Along with an elbow attempt too. Lomachenko was responding to most of them with fouls of his own. Thus, I'm not complaining about fouling from either guy because both were fouling. However, Rigondeaux was initiating the fouls and Lomachenko was responding to the fouls initiated by Rigondeaux. In the end, what matters was the fact that it was an evened out playing field. Thus, whatever happened was appropriate and right.
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