First sanctioned bareknuckle fight in the U.S. since 1889
It's taking place tonight, at a casino in Arizona. Cool article on ESPN if you want to read it. It's also online for free if you want to watch at ustream.tv
Bringing back a bygone, bare-knuckle era - boxing - ESPN
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Aw heck they oughtta go whole hog and use the Rules of the London Prize Ring!
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Marble i just knew you would be the first to respond to this.
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MMASUX
Marble i just knew you would be the first to respond to this.
I am predictable huh?
This is VERY cool. It really is a different sport though. Very tough to throw hooks or uppercuts without breaking one's hands and the goal really has to be to bust the other man up with cuts.
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This is pretty interesting. I hope nobody gets an orbital bone broken or anything serious.
Crazy bastards...;D
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Hulk
This is pretty interesting. I hope nobody gets an orbital bone broken or anything serious.
Crazy bastards...;D
What are the Clint Eastwood movies with the orangutang and the bare knuckle fights?
Any which way you can and Any which way but loose?
Something like that.
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Not sure if you read the article or not, but they will have 2 ref's. Also if the cut is really bad a cutman will be give 30 seconds to work the cut. If i'm home in time i might have to check it out.
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MMASUX
Not sure if you read the article or not, but they will have 2 ref's. Also if the cut is really bad a cutman will be give 30 seconds to work the cut. If i'm home in time i might have to check it out.
Yeah I did. It's pretty far from the bare knuckle fights of the pre-Sullivan days. But it's a heck of an experiment isn't it?
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marbleheadmaui
What are the Clint Eastwood movies with the orangutang and the bare knuckle fights?
Any which way you can and Any which way but loose?
Something like that.
Or better yet, Columbia Pictures' "Hard Times" with Charles Bronson, James Coburn, and Strother Martin, 1975.
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Of course we did it here is Arizona, I saw the ads for this, but it just didn't register correctly. Boxing, MMA and bareknuckle all on the same card.
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Of course we did it here is Arizona, I saw the ads for this, but it just didn't register correctly. Boxing, MMA and bareknuckle all on the same card.
Arizona seems damn flexible on such laws.
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Anyone know how the fight went or have a video?
The fight is actually on TONIGHT. The original poster got things mixed up. And I went to ustream.tv and they want 10 bucks to watch it. So eff that.