Is boxing more dangerous than it used to be?

[robinswe01]

Do you think boxing became more or less dangerous with the introduction of boxing gloves?
Boxing gloves dampen the punch and protect the hands. As they protect the hands headshots became more prevalent. Before, there were more body shot as if you hit someone in the jaw you ran a high risk of breaking your hand.
I saw a statistic somewhere that since the introduction of gloves, brain damage injuries in boxing has risen quite a lot.
Do you think the pros outweight the cons?

[Kel]

Did they even have video cameras back when the boxed with no gloves? I've never seen a 'legal' bare knuckle boxing match.

[Trainer Monkey]

Having been in enough street fights,and some illegal bare knuckles matches,not even close. Please hit me with the poofy things instead

[HattonTheHammer]

well they used to box 15 rounds 20-30 years back and in some cases had much heavier gloves than you get today so to answer your question NO

[the_PRODIGY]

Certainly not. The fighters safety has been a primary concern the past decade. Try to watch some ESPN classic fights and you'll see how a lot more brutal and meaner the sport of boxing was before. You'll rarely (or never) see the referee stops the fight early. That's the scariest part as I've been the type of fan where I scream to the TV screeen whenever I see a fighter getting unnecessary punishments and the referee is just staring blanks like my old man does. I hate that.

[holmcall]

Certainly not. The fighters safety has been a primary concern the past decade. Try to watch some ESPN classic fights and you'll see how a lot more brutal and meaner the sport of boxing was before. You'll rarely (or never) see the referee stops the fight early. That's the scariest part as I've been the type of fan where I scream to the TV screeen whenever I see a fighter getting unnecessary punishments and the referee is just staring blanks like my old man does. I hate that.

Exactly!

[the_PRODIGY]

Did they even have video cameras back when the boxed with no gloves? I've never seen a 'legal' bare knuckle boxing match.

Or do they already have pens and papers to record the deaths and brain damages fighters suffered during those times?

Has James Parkinson have atleast been born when they use to fight using bareknuckles?

[Kel]

Certainly not. The fighters safety has been a primary concern the past decade. Try to watch some ESPN classic fights and you'll see how a lot more brutal and meaner the sport of boxing was before. You'll rarely (or never) see the referee stops the fight early. That's the scariest part as I've been the type of fan where I scream to the TV screeen whenever I see a fighter getting unnecessary punishments and the referee is just staring blanks like my old man does. I hate that.

Oh yeah, some of the older fights where a guy just gets pounded and the ref just waits till they fall before doing anything, guys getting knocked over countless times in one round. Brutal

[fan johnny]

Did they even have video cameras back when the boxed with no gloves? I've never seen a 'legal' bare knuckle boxing match.

Or do they already have pens and papers to record the deaths and brain damages fighters suffered during those times?

Has James Parkinson have atleast been born when they use to fight using bareknuckles?

First Off, I believe and agree that boxing is not more dangerous than it used to be but having said that I also think it has to be qualified as 'in general'. Example: Stepping into the ring against Hatton is far more dangerous than stepping into the ring against Carson Jones.

Make no mistake any blow to the head is dangerous padded or otherwise. And the effect blows have to the brain accumulate. A concussion happens when the brain slams against the skull. Some have a small effect and others have a large effect and they all cause damage. Boxing in and of itself is a dangerous sport.

[SRR]

No. Fights are shorter, fighters are generally less dirty, and there is far more of an emphasis on protecting fighters from serious harm inside the ring.

[Tins06]

Still punching eachother in the head and smashing brains around....Cant really get more or less dangerous.

Probably see alot more miss-matches though - That's dangerous.

[SigmaMu]

Boxing seems more dangerous than MMA as there has yet to be a fighter who has died in an MMA match and I can't even begin to count how many fighters have died or have come close to dying in the ring. Maybe the gloves should be stripped down to the MMA style glove



This way we have no more plaster gate and less deaths.

And also we would have no need for them 12 round fights.

The only thing that concerns me is the thumb. Sugar Ray Leonard would never fight later in his career with these things. As he was one of the main reasons boxing gloves thumbs were sewed together. He was no alone and I dont think he was the first to complain about the thumb and the glove issue.

[Trainer Monkey]

Boxing seems more dangerous than MMA as there has yet to be a fighter who has died in an MMA match and I can't even begin to count how many fighters have died or have come close to dying in the ring. Maybe the gloves should be stripped down to the MMA style glove



This way we have no more plaster gate and less deaths.

And also we would have no need for them 12 round fights.

The only thing that concerns me is the thumb. Sugar Ray Leonard would never fight later in his career with these things. As he was one of the main reasons boxing gloves thumbs were sewed together. He was no alone and I dont think he was the first to complain about the thumb and the glove issue.

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[ElTerribleMorales]

Boxing seems more dangerous than MMA as there has yet to be a fighter who has died in an MMA match and I can't even begin to count how many fighters have died or have come close to dying in the ring. Maybe the gloves should be stripped down to the MMA style glove



This way we have no more plaster gate and less deaths.

And also we would have no need for them 12 round fights.

The only thing that concerns me is the thumb. Sugar Ray Leonard would never fight later in his career with these things. As he was one of the main reasons boxing gloves thumbs were sewed together. He was no alone and I dont think he was the first to complain about the thumb and the glove issue.

yea give guys who unlike MMA fighters just focus on punching gloves that are lighter, have less padding, and they can make a tighter clenched fist with, and i'm sure it'll cause less severe injuries or deaths , dude MMA has LESS deaths than boxing for 2 big reasons, it very much so is a new sport, and just the combination of submissions, and other variants in the fight plus the fight only being 15 minutes if it's non title and 25 if its a championship fight have a lot more to do with it than the gloves