GET A GRIP A FOUL TO SOME, A STRATEGY TO OTHERS, CLINCHING HAS BECOME A CONTENTIOUS PART OF MODERN BOXING By Anthony Cocks
strange thing happened in the ninth round of the 12-round junior middleweight bout between Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Serhii Bohachuk back in August. For the briefest of moments, they clinched. Across the previous eight rounds, Ortiz and Bohachuk had fought at a frenetic pace. The action was as intense as it was explosive. Much of the fight took place at close quarters as the duo traded chopping shots to the head and powerful rips to the body. It was a battle of wills to see who would
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