I quit watching boxing when the realization of it was just two well conditioned me trying to inflict the most damage on each other as possible suddenly hit home with me. Now, I spend my time watching physical events that require athleticism and endurance without trying to hurt each other. In fact, I only watch sports where it is illegal to hurt or even try to hurt your opponent.
By the way, crocheting is so thrilling that I've been known to switch from a really exciting curling match just to watch the crocheting finals.
Tyson won every round of that match and he was holding back...I've no doubt Mike would have knocked him out if not for the age and out of respect.....Mike is a powerful man...when he plants his feet he's a rock...Jones was gassed after one minute in the ring....his rope a dope failed because when he wanted to finally throw punches his legs were already wobbly.....Mike was clearly in better shape
The very purpose of combat sports is to inflict the most damage on your opponent. I'll assume this means that no one wants to kill their opponent just beat him up.
No one wanted a 50+ year old to suffer a concussion in this fight so they threw alot of body punches and few head shots....it it was a real competitive match this match was never a draw...they would have called it a Tyson massacre because Mike barley got hit by Jones for 8 rounds.
How do they score points in boxing? Body blows, head blows, knockouts win a match by hurting someone bad enough to score a TKO. In Tae Kwon Do we were not allowed to make contact until we achieved brown belt status so that was good. Now, look at mixed martial arts where you get injuries galore. Sure, there are rules that try to minimize the damage but you still get damage and that's where points are awarded. I look at Tae Kwon Do a bit differently. No. 1, my wife is Korean so I take an interest in it. Also, when I was in college, I studied some Tae Kwon Do. In high school I was a wrestler. In collegiate wrestling all harm is prohibited and points will be deducted so that's not really a combat sport. In the Army all hand to hand combat is taught to inflict maximum damage. Look where the points are awarded to tell you if the sport is violent or not.
The rules of football prohibit injuries incurred on purpose. The rules of combat sports promote injuries. As I said, look at how combat sports scores points. At that I've now exhausted my argument and I doubt you are going to be swayed so I say let's move on to more productive ground such as a burning desire to practice combat sports on Trump and his weasel faced son as well as his top assistants. Now, that's where I'd go for some combat sports.
