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Originally Posted by Invisible Queen
Also, heavyweight boxing fascinates me. From everything I've seen heavyweights start hugging within three seconds from getting within punching distance of each other, and then it takes 10-30 seconds to separate them so they can fight. At least 90% of the fights are spent on the fighters holding each other in their arms. It's cute.
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Not to be a smart allack/to anyone interested, this is a tactic usually employed when one guy (or both) has been gassed and doesn't want the other guy to score any points (or knock him down). The time grappling can allow time for the boxer to recover. In later rounds gassing becomes much more frequent so hugging can commence more frequently.
I had assumed Boxing's popularity had majorly decreased in the past 20 or so years and has only recently started to get off it's feet again. With the rise of MMA in certain places in the world (Which only has become main stream in some countries in the past few years) Boxing might have to find ways to pull more viewers/betters.