Boxing Gloves Safety
Discussions debate the safety of boxing gloves versus bare-knuckle fighting and MMA, arguing that gloves protect hands but enable more frequent head strikes leading to greater brain damage.
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Not everyone is fit to be a fighter.
Ah, my mistake I suppose. I understood bare knuckle boxing is dangerous for the hands, but I also believed it was dangerous for the other party.
Sure we do. It's called boxing, ufc, wrestling, etc.
This might come in handy during boxing and other combat sports.
That's somewhat like asking how to win a fight if you get knocked out.
I thought it was more because they can punch harder without breaking their hands.
The real killer is sparring, you don't go as hard but you do it a lot more than you fight. MMA fighters usually spar with boxing gloves, but since striking is only one part of MMA they can't afford to spend as much time training it as boxers.
In most combat sports such as MMA you avoid training illegal moves, like biting, gouging, kicking a downed opponent, Etc. Under pressure you resort to what you’ve trained to do, and if you’re training for a street fight then you’re going to do something disqualifying.
I wonder how this compares to UFC, boxing, etc?
yes, i've seen that done in videos of streetfights.