I was wondering why it is that some trainers encourage their fighters to break their nose on purpose. What benefit/benefits does this give a person?

i have NEVER head that one lol, its pointless in my oppinion, one of my good friends has been fighting for 6 years, came 2nd in nationals this year, hes not a pushover, and in 6 years hes never broken his nose, if they are incouraging it there just forcing their fighters to take time off sparring.....

I think you are right


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wow, thats hardcore.

Never heard of that; sounds retarded.

Strongly misinformed.

i think ive heard that one before

its a very retarded old school pro thing, i think once the nose has been broken, then healed it doesnt bleed as much or at all when hit

Yes, supposedly when your nose gets broken the bones heal over stronger as they create a denser bone matrix which is then harder to break on the same spot. God knows why anyone would do it intentionally, that's just taking things a bit too far.

Though, funnily enough, after I had my nose broken and got hit right on the same spot it always felt like it crunched somewhat. I often thought it had been broken again because of the way it felt whenever a solid shot landed flush on it. Hated it. That's why I developed crazy head/upper body movement. :lol1:

tbh that sounds completly retarded

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:54 allow mr. shilstone to explain

i heard old school trainers did this so the bones in the nose cant be pushed into the brain. after they break it intentionally they supposedly do a surgury to remove the bone
not sure how credible that info is but thats what i heard
thats not common anymore though

I was wondering why it is that some trainers encourage their fighters to break their nose on purpose. What benefit/benefits does this give a person?

They don't purposely break their nose. That's retarded, as it will hurt a lot, take you out of the ring, and look stupid.

Boxers will often get their nose cauterized, which is to make it bleed less if it gets hit. When your nose bleeds it looks bad, and it ****s with your breathing.

It is really stupid, just learn a good defence, gods sake. I've been sparring in the gym for a good while now and had a few fights, i've had a bleeding nose i think twice in all the time i've been boxing, once in a fight and once in sparring. And not at all since i began with my new trainer. Theres no need to mutilate yourself when instead you can just work on your defence.

Nobody's breaking my nose intentionally.

i heard that when you break a bone it will heal and it will much thicker so not so easy to brake next time, that is a fact, but when you do it intentionally it must be very crazy

Bone breaks do heal denser and therefore stronger yes, but the nose doesnt have bones in it, so that will not occur in your nose.

Having your nose broken a second (or more) time is easier than the first; it bleeds less and hurts less.