Thoughts on touching gloves/ showing respect mid round?

[Marko Polo]

In the recent Wonderboy V Neal fight I couldn’t help but think how being all friendly with Thompson is one of the worst things you can do as far as your chances of winning are concerned. Wonderboy thrives in that sparring mentality. You can’t play his game of point fighting because he will win every time. Instead you have to be sneaky, and do things he’s not expecting. Everytime Wonderboy touched gloves with Neal it seemed like he was instilling this sparring mentality into the fight. I don’t think he shows respect to gain any kind of edge, but it does benefit him and his style of fighting.

 

[Deleted member 579584]

Wonderboy seems like he respects fighters who stick in there with him even though he knows he's winning.

 

[Slatersan]

If i wanted to see a bunch of pansies touching each other id go in my nana’s garden.

 

[Brock Sapp]

Maybe once during a five round fight, but honestly its protect yourself at all times. Ask Victor Ortiz.

 

[OneManGang]

The opponent should be told that you will not touch gloves at all or mid-round. If he still invites to touch gloves, then use the opportunity to strike or take down.

 

[bref]

Instead of touching gloves, opponents should constantly be spitting towards each to show disrespect.

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

In the recent Wonderboy V Neal fight I couldn’t help but think how being all friendly with Thompson is one of the worst things you can do as far as your chances of winning are concerned. Wonderboy thrives in that sparring mentality. You can’t play his game of point fighting because he will when every time. Instead you have to be sneaky, and do things he’s not expecting. Everytime Wonderboy touched gloves with Neal it seemed like he was instilling this sparring mentality into the fight. I don’t think he shows respect to gain any kind of edge, but it does benefit him and his style of fighting.

That's a pretty astute observation for such a poor poster. You are right. Shifts the game in favor of WB.

Personally I think some mutual respect is great but that was way too much. Annoying AF.

 

[Mr Joyboy]

It's fucking dumb. Fight like we paid for.... or like people too dumb to stream paid for.

 

[tripleo]

I don't like it

It's a fight, some hostilities need to be there, you can kiss and makeup after the fight

 

[Egészségére!]

In this case I think ts is right. You have a slightly better mental advantage over WB if you come at him angry than like buds.

 

[hohner]

Should never happen except maybe after an unintentional foul.

 

[Satan's Daddy.]

Leaves you vulnerable for a ko, or a td as well.

 

[Emjay]

Wonderboy wasn't always the one initiating though

 

[RawDawgBob]

I thought WonderBoy and Neal might actually kiss.

 

[Volador]

I think that respect and sportsmanship are great, in the way Khabib, Glover, Fedor, Holloway, Whittaker and other guys express it. I like Wonderboy, but the excessive respect is a bit much to me. If your opponent slips, turns, gets hurt or whatever, just pounce on the guy, it's a fight.

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

Victor Ortiz learned the hard way to not do that. Your opponent may not share the positive vibes you are putting out

 

[Sure Dawg]

Didnt see the fight yet, but fully agree with your post that it would be and apparently was helpful to wonderboy. I mean, i dunno I'd grin at a guy if we had something good going on, but im not gonna get like that in a fight, personally i dont even like touching gloves at the beginning. Afterward we can hug and go out to eat together and all that, but when that fight starts, every step and every move should be an attempt to win imo.

 

[Davey Grant]

Wonderboy is tough as fcck, don’t let his kindness fool you.

 

[ticho123]

Not a fan of it personally. I'm all for hugs before and after the fights, but if it happens during rounds it makes the whole thing feel less intense. IIRC you rarely see people do stuff like that during a championship or very important fight. At worst it gets plain silly like when Pat Barry basically gave away his win to Cro Cop because he was swooning so hard over meeting his idol.

 

[TimberGhost]

At least they didn't french kiss like Hall & Silva.