@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![]()
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