Why do boxers wear shoes ?

[JmH Reborn]

apparently TS has never played a sport in his entire life. seriously the most idiotic question I ever heard. that's like asking, why do football players wear helmets?

I think its a legit question

Wrestling shoes/boxer shoes offer little to no support; so what's preventing people from electing to not wear shoes.

I know cats that can run barefoot on concrete and be just as fast and nimble as someone else w/ shoes.

[brickcityboxing]

um if you stomp on someone bare feet, you're gonna **** it up bad. step on someone's shoes and it's no big deal. are you seriously this ****** TS?

You for real right now ? If you "STOMP" on someone's foot that's something different just stepping on someone's foot in a boxing match isn't going to mess up their foot really bad lol. Boxing shoes are paper thin it wouldn't be any different from bieng barefoot.

[LBJ2010]

lol TS seriously thinks shoes do nothing? without shoes, every fight would end on a no contest in the 1st round from a twisted ankle. if you ever played any sport barefoot (at a competitive level), you know you'll **** up your ankle right away.

[Bigg Rigg]

is this a serious question or are you just ******? the same reason why any athlete wears shoes..they protect your feet. without shoes, there would be foot injuries and twisted ankles every fight

I've never seen a foot injury or twisted ankle in MMA so idk if there would be tons of those injuries in boxing if they fought without shoes. Just saying.....

[brickcityboxing]

I've never seen a foot injury or twisted ankle in MMA so idk if there would be tons of those injuries in boxing if they fought without shoes. Just saying.....

^^^^^ this ... And half of the point of mma is to twist people's ankles !

[Jloro]

lol I wonder if they make you take off your shoes for chinese boxing.


But I think wearing shoes helps, like protect the bottom of your feet, Imagine if someone stubbed their toe or something midfight. That would get annoying.

[RiC-DiC]

It's for the looks.

[LBJ2010]

I've never seen a foot injury or twisted ankle in MMA so idk if there would be tons of those injuries in boxing if they fought without shoes. Just saying.....

um MMA and boxing are completely different. half an MMA fight is spend on the ground. boxing is complete standing and footwork

[kymira]

So this doesn't happen

[brickcityboxing]

lol I wonder if they make you take off your shoes for chinese boxing.


But I think wearing shoes helps, like protect the bottom of your feet, Imagine if someone stubbed their toe or something midfight. That would get annoying.

If not wearing shoes made me a tiny bit quicker (not saying science supports that) I could live with a stubbed toe.