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It didnt used to be like this. Infighting and clinch work used to be great in boxing decades ago but now its only a few fighters that still have good craft there. Its died out pathetically in boxing and a big reason why boxing has gotten weaker and peaked decades ago. Even for HW we used to have monster clinch infighters like Lennox Lewis and Riddick Bowe.
Fury is one of the best now and he was CLUELESS at Francis basic clinchwork. Fury in fights can lie on opponents like he did against Wilder to stall out rounds and rest. He had no chance to do it against Francis b/c of his size and clinch ability. Francis isnt even the best HW right now in MMA in the clinch either.
Contemporary era boxing and kickboxing have horrible clinch and infighting. Muay thai and MMA are FAAAR ahead of both in the 2020s and the pinnacle of clinch and infighting and Francis showed that.
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