Comment on Why is Hugging Allowed in Boxing?
applejacks@lemmy.world 1 year ago
probably lets the fighters regain energy and keep going.
otherwise they’d tire themselves out pretty quickly.
Comment on Why is Hugging Allowed in Boxing?
applejacks@lemmy.world 1 year ago
probably lets the fighters regain energy and keep going.
otherwise they’d tire themselves out pretty quickly.
counselwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
but if they remove it or at least penalize to deter hugging, wouldn’t the athletes just adapt?
ABCDE@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s so that they can go to fight, then clinch when they can’t do it any longer. By “adapt” they would just not do anything and walk around instead.
jscummy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
It would just be a huge change to the sport in general. You would probably see fighters losing all their power by round 3