Bending below the waist

[DoktorSleepless]

Why doesn't anyone ever get called out on this? It's against the rules. I'm seeing the tide turn a bit on people not tolerating clinching anymore, but no one ever talks about this illegal move. It totally halts the flow of action because punches have nowhere to land expect the back of the head and it ruins the possibilities of landing more than one punch at a time.

What set me off was to make this thread was Szef99's signiture


I'm guessing what goes through some people's head when watching that gif is "Oh, look at Rigo's masterful defense making Donaire miss like a fool!"

But nope, it's cheap and illegal. I'm not even trying to pick on Rigo because he wasn't really guilty of doing this much in the fight as far as I remember, but it was the closest example at hand.

[-Hyperion-]

in before the self proclaimed admirers of "pure-boxing" say this is a hate thread for slick boxers...and dismiss the advantage you gain by breaking the rules....

[-PBP-]

Can you provide a link to the rules your referring to?

I go by the Unified Rules of the NSAC and here is a list of the infractions:

NAC 467.675 Acts constituting fouls in boxing. (NRS 467.030) The following acts constitute fouls in boxing:
1. Hitting below the belt.
2. Hitting an opponent who is down or is getting up after being down.
3. Holding an opponent with one hand and hitting with the other.
4. Holding or deliberately maintaining a clinch.
5. Wrestling or kicking.
6. If the referee has signaled that the opponent has been knocked out, striking an opponent who is helpless as a result of previous blows and so supported by the ropes that he or she does not fall.
7. Butting with the head or shoulder or using the knee.
8. Hitting with the open glove, the butt of the hand, the wrist or the elbow, and all backhand blows.
9. Purposely going down without being hit.
10. Striking deliberately at that part of the body over the kidneys.
11. Deliberately using the rabbit punch.
12. Jabbing the opponent’s eyes with the thumb of the glove.
13. Using abusive language in the ring.
14. Engaging in any unsportsmanlike trick or action which causes injury to an opponent.
15. Hitting on the break.
16. Hitting after the bell has sounded the end of the period of unarmed combat.
17. Hitting an opponent whose head is between and outside of the ropes.
18. Pushing an opponent about the ring or into the ropes.

[bojangles1987]

I thought it was more bending at the knees, not bending over like Rigo does there, that is against the rules.

[DoktorSleepless]

In the for example.

20. Crouching the body below the opponent’s belt defensively or to strike.

[Rockin']

what Rigo did was illegal......... Rockin'

[TRTboy]

I believe it is, atleast in the amateurs that is. The ref will warn you if you bend over like that. In the pros however you rarely see refs call fighters out on that. Weird.

[ManUtd626]

In the for example.

That rule needs to be clarified since technically Rigo was not crouching but bending. Also, if what rigo did was an illegal tactic (im not really sure) then im guessing it is on the same grounds as turning your head or back away from your opponent.

[-PBP-]

This wasn't a WBC Championship fight though. I'm not trying to be an *******, but I didn't know that it was illegal. The New York state rules list these as infractions:

§210.27 Prohibited practices. The following foul,
dangerous, and unsportsmanlike practices are
prohibited in all boxing contests and exhibitions:
hitting below the belt; tripping; kicking; butting;
kneeing; throttling; elbowing; striking with the head,
shoulder, or forearm; hitting with open glove, or the
inside, side or wrist of the glove; hitting on the back,
especially the kidneys or the back of the neck; pivot
blows; pressing an opponent=s face with arm or elbow;
attacking while holding the ropes and making use of
the ropes in any other unfair way for attack purposes;
pressing an opponent=s head over the ropes or against
the turnbuckles or ring posts; wrestling, lying on, and
throwing while in a clinch; attacking in any way a
fallen opponent; clinching, holding or locking an
opponent=s arms or head; pushing a stiff arm
underneath an opponent=s arm; holding and hitting;
pulling and hitting; hitting on the break after a clinch;
ducking low to up end an incoming opponent;
thumbing and gouging of an opponent=s eyes; rubbing
an opponent=s face with laces, adhesive tape, or any
abrasive area of or substance on the gloves; use of any
ointment, powder, or other substance intended or likely
to cause danger or discomfort to an opponent.

Now they say "Ducking Low to upend an incoming opponent" but that wasn't the case here.

[HanzGruber]

damn Rigo made donaire look like a fool there, beautiful