Bare Knuckle or Boxing Gloves

[outofit]

how about a fist to the throat or a nose bone into the brain (if thats not a myth) or a thumb in the eye. boxing and ultimate fighting are completely different.

[BDBowe]

i dont know if i believe that man

[jujitsujn]

The reason they started using gloves was so that they could fight longer without breaking their hands. That rule, along without having round limits is what caused most of the deaths in boxing. If there were no gloves the fights wouldn't go 6 rounds, and there would not be nearly as many punches thrown. Busted knuckles galore.

As far as MMA (UFC type fighting) having more devistating KO's, they may look more brutal, but boxing is much harder on the body and the brain due to sustained beatings. I have taught martial arts for roughly 6 years now (jiu-jitsu, some kickboxing among other things) and have done both MMA and boxing recreationaly. In my experience, MMA hurts more, but boxing is much harder on you physically.

[FistoftheDallasStar]

Bare knuckle would be way too brutal on the hands, face, and career of each boxer. I don't believe it would cause less brain damage. In fact I really think it would cause more. Has the person who wrote this article actually taken a hit from either a gloved fist or bare fist? We can set him down on a desk like the pepsi challenge and instead of drinking a cup marked A or B he gets socked by a pissed off Mike Tyson with a gloved fist and a bare hand. Which would he choose A or B?

[AKATheMack]

Bare knuckled boxing does produce less brain injuries than gloves. You ARE more likely to get knocked out bare-knuckled thats why there is less brain damage, 1 bare knuckled KO punch may be worse on your face than 15 gloved punches to the head but is far better on your brain.