Comments Thread For: Paulie Malignaggi: Bare Knuckle Fighting Is Bad For Boxer's Hands

[Angeljuice]

They should really try it with hand wraps it would make it much better overall.

It wouldn't be bare Knuckle fighting if your knuckles were covered in wraps.
But your suggestion for wrapped Knuckle fighting is noted.

[Angeljuice]

Historically, you never saw too many head shots in bareknuckle. Unless you hit an open jaw flush, there aren't too many areas that won't break a closed fist or endanger the life of the guy on the other end. If you're going for the head, use an open palm. If you want to use a closed fist then go to the body where there's more soft spots and the bones have a lot more padding.

Bare Knuckle fighting is just fighting. You don't get into an altercation in the street and put some gloves on.

I've never been in a fight were I refused to punch someone in the face because it may hurt my hand.

[Southpawology]

I still cant believe paulie lost to artem lobov in a bareknuckle boxing match, such a let down.

[Ray*]

Don't say that to Wilder's fans Lol, they think hitting their "King" with bare-knuckle is how he lost. They actually think a boxer would rather hit another boxer with his bare knuckles.

[Rusty Tromboni]

If you look at how many GENERATIONS it took for Boxing to have a champion like Hopkins, you can see how Boxing evolved from pure fighting to a sport/game.

[elfag]

Duh Paulie

Im a retired pro street fighter, never lost a fight but my hands are a wreck.

[Adamsc151]

Bare Knuckle fighting is just fighting. You don't get into an altercation in the street and put some gloves on.

I've never been in a fight were I refused to punch someone in the face because it may hurt my hand.

Fair point, but there has been organized bare knuckle boxing for a lot longer than the queensbury rules have been published.

[ShoulderRoll]

Don't say that to Wilder's fans Lol, they think hitting their "King" with bare-knuckle is how he lost. They actually think a boxer would rather hit another boxer with his bare knuckles.

I don't pay much attention to the floppy glove thing. But technically Fury would be hitting with wraps AND tape, not bareknuckle.

[Citizen Koba]

No shit Paulie. This man clearly deserves an honorary doctorate in orthopaedics.

[famicommander]

Yeah I agree with most of what you said but Paulie won that fight lol just got jobbed to the promotional favorite who got knocked out in his next fight. Dat also got dropped by an MMA fighter and he had never been down as a pro boxer. Of all the ones to make the transition I like Dat's the most from an entertainment standpoint but the Ishe Smith and Paulie fight was pretty much identical a boxer outboxing a brawler except Ishe threw more solid punches and got the W on paper.

It was a flash knockdown. Dat wasn't hurt, he'd just never encountered that type of attack before (an uppercut with a Muay Thai clinch pulling his head downwards). We can see from Dat's legs and what he did immediately afterwards that he wasn't hurt.

Paulie threw zero punches in the fifth round of a close fight. Broken hands or no, that's pathetic and he deserved to lose. He embarrassed the entire sport of boxing. He lost to a guy who isn't even good in MMA.

Shannon Briggs will be heavyweight champion if he gets the chance to. Joey Beltran on his best day is nowhere near the caliber of a 48 year old Briggs.