Bogsnot1 wrote...
Ahglock wrote...
thurmanator692 wrote...
Huh. Nevermind then, I don't use newtons a lot, so I'm gonna go ahead and take your word for it. What is it to break bone?
It depends on how focussed the blow is I think. Ever since the advent of gloves boxers have hit with stronger blows since the danger of killing others and hurting themselves was reduced, mostly hurting themselves. 4,000 newtons spread out over a big soft boxing glove is different than 4,000 newtons focussed into something rhe size of a dime and rock hard. Football players tackle for well over 5,000 newtons thanks to the armor they wear and how the blow is diffused people rarely get hurt.
Since the advent of boxing gloves, the risk of death/serious brain trauma from boxing has increased, because the boxers no longer have to worry about protecting their hands and landing the blow correctly, and can instead just lash out with full force with reduced accuracy.
There are even doctors who are calling for a return of bare knuckle boxing purely to reduce the amount of serious brain damage that gets inflicted because of boxing gloves. Sure, a lot of these doctors are plastic surgeons who will get paid returning the said boxers face to something resembling a human after his opponent has rearranged his features, but at least he wont be brain dead.
As I understand it people died or were crippled more often pre-gloves. Post gloves there seem to be a lot more long term injuries. It is hard to tell what is due to modern medicine though, or the advent of it being a more long term carreer. But yes people hit a crap ton harder with gloves because blows that would shatter your hand are now dooable. Similar thoughts are happening about football helmets/padding. Poeple deliver insane tackles now because the tackeler can avoid so much damage even when he throws everything into it.
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