It would just be a huge change to the sport in general. You would probably see fighters losing all their power by round 3
Comment on Why is Hugging Allowed in Boxing?
counselwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months agobut if they remove it or at least penalize to deter hugging, wouldn’t the athletes just adapt?
jscummy@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
ABCDE@lemmy.world 10 months 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.