>>183889
>explicitly say that you can hit people in the head without gloves its just risky
>"they still punch each other in the head"
reading comprehension man
>gloves protect your opponent from getting cut and not to protect the hands
lmfao. Substantiate those claims. As a fighter, do you care more about getting cuts in your face or fracturing your hands. Bareknuckle boxing literally have a lower concussion rate because fighters dont punch as hard as they can to protect their own hands.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34380362/
>Out of the 282 individual combatants.... Seventeen (6.0%) fractures occurred, with 8 hand fractures.
>Conclusion: The most frequent injuries in BKF include lacerations and hand fractures. Concussions are relatively uncommon compared to other injuries.
https://fanarch.com/blogs/fan-arch/how-do-bkfc-fighters-not-break-their-hands
>By targeting areas like the groin, liver, solar plexus, ribs, nose, chin, jaw, temple, or side of the neck, fighters can avoid hitting hard surfaces that may cause hand fractures.

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