The Castration of Boxing

**Vuk** · 07-06-2012, 19:01

Am I the only one who believes that modern boxing is a disgrace? Seriously, even the greats in modern boxing (like the Pacman, whom I am a great fan of) would be destroyed by skilled boxers from the 1800s in a bare-knuckle fight. It is a style that has developed from unskilled amateurs who are punching with tons of protection that makes things that would work in real life not work and things that would not work in real life work in a boxing match. If you add on to that the BS rules that neuter modern boxing (for Pete's sake, you are not supposed to try to knock out your opponent in amateur boxing, and do not get any points for doing so! WTH! Why even hit the person?

No, I don't agree with everything he says, but I really liked this article.

should supersede the absurd, more or less vicious, indefinite, swinging, swiping efforts of the average amateur, who flounders about without aim or system...

-from the article.

While not perfect this is real boxing.

Want to make boxing more effective? Here is my plan:
1 Get rid of the gloves. Have boxers fight with cloth and leather wraps. (regular cloth hand wraps on the inside, with a single layer of leather over it)
2 Make style important again. Make boxing an effective art once more. Teach real defense, and effective attacks.
3 Throw out 80% of the rules. Less rules = more effective. Encourage gentlemanly behavior within the sport, and penalize people who deliberately kill or injure other sportsmen, but overall, cut down on the rules.
4 When you do this, boxing will be a lot more dangerous (but that is not a bad thing. If it is not dangerous, then why box at all? Don't forget that it is simply a gentlemanly version of an effective killing and self-defense art), so you will have to be more selective of who is allowed to compete. People will be judged not only on performance and how well they follow the rules, but also gentlemanly behavior in competitions. Most televised fights would be done away with as you would have less people able to make the cut. Professional boxers would be far fewer, but the fights much more worth watching.

Boxing would be respectable again, and effective. Right now a bunch of toothless rednecks and city trash love to sit down and watch their brutal blood and sweat fest, but really know nothing about real fighting (that is why modern boxing appeals to them). New boxing would appeal to people who actually knew something about fighting, and eventually the morons who love modern boxing would catch on and come over.

**Fragony** · 07-06-2012, 19:17

Even cage fights wouldn't allow that, bare hands ok, much less brutal than something wrapped around your hand

**Vuk** · 07-06-2012, 19:21

Originally Posted by Fragony

Even cage fights wouldn't allow that, bare hands ok, much less brutal than something wrapped around your hand

Of course not...that is why I am saying we need change. We need to start off with one State to get the laws changed to as to allow it, and then start up schools and small, local competitions.