Unlicensed boxing

Anyone into unlicensed boxing, as glamourised by Snatch?

Is there a hip term for it?

A video from Germany here: YouTube

An Irish one with a lot of talking: YouTube&feature=related

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Anyone into unlicensed boxing, as glamourised by Snatch?

Is there a hip term for it?

A video from Germany here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4AWSz3E2NA

An Irish one with a lot of talking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQzYnbljZ9Y&feature=related

Mixed martial arts is more interesting. The Irish was was just talk...nothing else. 😕

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Mixed martial arts is more interesting. The Irish was was just talk...nothing else.

The pikey bareknuckle fighting style fascinates me, mainly because of the culture around it. Talking is a big part of it.

I posted about this in the sports forum; the Dan Rooney video is a classic of its kind. An acquired taste no doubt ...

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
The pikey bareknuckle fighting style fascinates me, mainly because of the culture around it. Talking is a big part of it.

I posted about this in the sports forum; the Dan Rooney video is a classic of its kind. An acquired taste no doubt ...

From what I heard, bare knuckle fighting can cause less damage than gloves. Did you hear anything about that?

Gee, I've been a fan of boxing all my life, and then I started liking ultimate fighting stuff, and then tried to get more mean in my tastes and attended one underground, free style, no gloves, bets crossed fights in Northern Mexico.

When I saw bones broken, eyes lost, and men crippled for the amusement and profit of a bunch of animals (us), I decided I would stick to the more civilized boxing.

Then again, maybe I am a softy and hate human suffering.

Originally posted by Seitse
Gee, I've been a fan of boxing all my life, and then I started liking ultimate fighting stuff, and then tried to get more mean in my tastes and attended one underground, free style, no gloves, bets crossed fights in Northern Mexico.

When I saw bones broken, eyes lost, and men crippled for the amusement and profit of a bunch of animals (us), I decided I wou ...[text shortened]... stick to the more civilized boxing.

Then again, maybe I am a softy and hate human suffering.

I found out there's a regular no-holds-barred fight scene in Cape Town, in a small red-light strip in the centre of town, hosted by Russian businessmen. You need a password; raincoats are handed out at the door.

Originally posted by sonhouse
From what I heard, bare knuckle fighting can cause less damage than gloves. Did you hear anything about that?

Maybe in traditional boxing, but the all-in fighting that's popular these days is brutal. I don't like it.

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
I found out there's a regular no-holds-barred fight scene in Cape Town, in a small red-light strip in the centre of town, hosted by Russian businessmen. You need a password; raincoats are handed out at the door.

Stay away from there.

If they can bomb Georgia, they can surely make you their woman.

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
I found out there's a regular no-holds-barred fight scene in Cape Town, in a small red-light strip in the centre of town, hosted by Russian businessmen. You need a password; raincoats are handed out at the door.

Now that sounds like a place to go if only for the chance to tell the tale.

Originally posted by darvlay
Now that sounds like a place to go if only for the chance to tell the tale.

Great for impressing business associates: an all-in fight followed by a strip club, or vice-versa.