# Do boxers not get fined for this? Boxer humps opponent while fighting **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 17, 2013, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-boxers-not-get-fined-for-this-boxer-humps-opponent-while-fighting/676538 "2013-12-17T07:21:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-boxers-not-get-fined-for-this-boxer-humps-opponent-while-fighting/676538/1 "2013-12-17T07:21:18Z")
Re this scenario Boxing Beat: Adrien Broner Humps Opponent In Last Weekend’s Main Event (Video) Read more at [http://www.bjpenn.com/boxing-beat-adrien-broner-humps-opponent-in-last-weekends-main-event-video/#3rDIgfSjZ4AhKyK9.99](http://www.bjpenn.com/boxing-beat-adrien-broner-humps-opponent-in-last-weekends-main-event-video/#3rDIgfSjZ4AhKyK9.99) Isn’t there some kind of fine they should assess for this nonsense? ---
**Author:** ![Grey\_area](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-boxers-not-get-fined-for-this-boxer-humps-opponent-while-fighting/676538/2 "2013-12-17T10:25:30Z")
Yeah Broner’s a punk. But as far as I’m aware there are no rules against showboating or being disrespectful to your opponent in the ring. Otherwise Ali, Roy Jones, Prince Naseem would have been fined up the wazoo. Though an argument can be made distinguishing humping from dancing and taunting your opponent, the effect is essentially the same, in that no rule is violated. FYI, Maidana got him back and did more or less the same thing to him on round 11 (I think). And no, this is not a common occurrence in boxing. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-boxers-not-get-fined-for-this-boxer-humps-opponent-while-fighting/676538/3 "2013-12-17T10:47:33Z")
Oh, _Broner_. Sorry, I misread that. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-boxers-not-get-fined-for-this-boxer-humps-opponent-while-fighting/676538/4 "2013-12-20T22:21:49Z")
Broner was just taking care of his boner. ---
**Author:** ![euellgong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7feea3/32.png) [@euellgong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/euellgong)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-boxers-not-get-fined-for-this-boxer-humps-opponent-while-fighting/676538/5 "2013-12-23T23:37:53Z")
really he’s just taking care of his bon ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-boxers-not-get-fined-for-this-boxer-humps-opponent-while-fighting/676538/6 "2013-12-25T00:35:32Z")
Funny. I chuckled and will watch again. ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-boxers-not-get-fined-for-this-boxer-humps-opponent-while-fighting/676538/7 "2013-12-25T00:49:03Z")
Funny! They should make a scoring category for this. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-boxers-not-get-fined-for-this-boxer-humps-opponent-while-fighting/676538/8 "2013-12-25T02:41:42Z")
He was just fucking with him. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-boxers-not-get-fined-for-this-boxer-humps-opponent-while-fighting/676538/9 "2013-12-25T03:18:54Z")
How stupid do you have to be to do something like that and not win the fight? ---
**Author:** ![Willcross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Willcross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Willcross)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-boxers-not-get-fined-for-this-boxer-humps-opponent-while-fighting/676538/10 "2013-12-25T07:18:53Z")
I seem to remember Joe Calzaghe doing this to Bernard Hopkins some years ago. Bernard got his with a slight low blow but really exaggerated the effects hoping to get a point deducted from Joe. So I took it to mean Hopkins was acting like a girl (a girl that got punched in the nuts)