Thread: Can a boxer chew a piece of gum in between rounds?

Is water the only thing a boxer can take? How about a piece of gum? I have seen boxers take a piecce of gum at the start of ROund 1, guess they need to spit it out before the bell rings? What if a boxer ate a piece of gum between rounds and spat it out before the bell rang? Is that a DQ? @greynotsoold

Most random thread I've ever seen

Originally Posted by Tam Seddon

Most random thread I've ever seen

He's the master of off the wall …stuff.

How about boxers with contact lenses?

What's the rules for them?

What you call gum some call earlobe..or tooth

Originally Posted by Spicoli

What you call gum some call earlobe..or tooth

bwaaahahahaha yeah Mike Tyson chewed alotta gum in his 2nd Hlyfield fight.

Originally Posted by imp

How about boxers with contact lenses?

What's the rules for them?

Rule Number one; NO CONTACT

Gum? is that the same thing as chuddy?

Originally Posted by erics44

Gum? is that the same thing as chuddy?

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I think what you're trying to ask is when my fight with GGG comes off........can I have spaghetti and meatballs between rounds.


No, you cant, you may have water or sports drink (Gatorade for e.g.)


Not even a light sandwich.

I always wondered if a boxer could chew gum, it's been one of the great mysteries to me about this sport, along with the question of has any boxer ever earned a shaver??

Originally Posted by Memphis

I think what you're trying to ask is when my fight with GGG comes off........can I have spaghetti and meatballs between rounds.


No, you cant, you may have water or sports drink (Gatorade for e.g.)


Not even a light sandwich.

I was definitely working my way towards that.....if they give an inch, I could ask for a yard, mate. It starts with gum, then I wiggle my way into bribing the Commission for a meal. Half portion though

Originally Posted by Beanflicker

I always wondered if a boxer could chew gum, it's been one of the great mysteries to me about this sport, along with the question of has any boxer ever earned a shaver??

Which of the 2, though, would you give the nod to? Gum or shaver?

@brocktonblockbust you know brother on a serious note gum used to be thought as a jaw muscle strengthener and is still used an awful lot of fighters for that belief. I have never seen a study on the effects but I just had a flashback of an extremely sore jaw from stuffing ten double bubbles in my mouth as a kid on a weekly basis. I'm still addicted to that shit which are now 5 cents, half the size and no freakin comic.

Floyd goes through an awful pile of gum in training and everyday life.There is a jaw muscle so there must be some basis in fact that it can be strengthened from use? A guy should hire a couple of hookers and put them into boxing to test the theory. I've never seen gum chewing in the corner or in a fight. You got one minute so the second isn't passing the fighter a stick of Wrigleys.
Plus I'm not sure how you would chew it wearing a mouth guard and there would also be a little worry about choking to death in the attempt. Also, what would happen when you got hit with a shot mid chew. Be like Ali getting caught by Norton mid sentence

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

Originally Posted by Beanflicker

I always wondered if a boxer could chew gum, it's been one of the great mysteries to me about this sport, along with the question of has any boxer ever earned a shaver??

Which of the 2, though, would you give the nod to? Gum or shaver?

In over 150 years of prizefighting, somebody has HAD TO HAVE earned a shaver at some point. To think otherwise would be naive IMO