counselwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhy is Hugging Allowed in Boxing?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1135arrow-down1message-squareWhy is Hugging Allowed in Boxing?counselwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
Why is Hugging Allowed in Boxing? I believe most viewers think hugging makes the sport a bit boring to watch.
minus-squareapplejacks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down2·11 months agoprobably lets the fighters regain energy and keep going. otherwise they’d tire themselves out pretty quickly.
minus-squarecounselwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down5·11 months agobut if they remove it or at least penalize to deter hugging, wouldn’t the athletes just adapt?
minus-squareABCDE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoIt’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.
minus-squarejscummy@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoIt would just be a huge change to the sport in general. You would probably see fighters losing all their power by round 3
probably lets the fighters regain energy and keep going.
otherwise they’d tire themselves out pretty quickly.
but if they remove it or at least penalize to deter hugging, wouldn’t the athletes just adapt?
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.
It would just be a huge change to the sport in general. You would probably see fighters losing all their power by round 3