Whilst chatting about Balrog on SFII the idea was brought up that he would be better off taking his gloves off...
Makes sense really, after all gloves are soft and would surely cusion the impact of any blows? So that's GAME OVER on that discussion then.
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.... or is it that straight forward? After a bit of googling we can discover that on average TWO boxers die from boxing related trauma every year in America alone! (Hang on, does that imply that they died without anyone around to love them?).
Apparently bare knuckle boxing is actually SAFER than the modern boxing we are accustomed too. How the heck can that be true? Well, it's simple, and you'll already be figuring this one out if you had a few punch-ups in your lifetime. Punch someone in the head with your bare fist and there's a good chance that you'll break a bone in your hand. The bones there are fairly small and with no fatty areas to cusion the impact all of the force is transmitted directly into your knuckles and wrist.
There are no known bare-knuckle fight deaths on record, primarily because they would predominatly punch each other in the body so as to avoid injury to their hands. Since the adoption of padded gloves boxers have started to concentrate on head shots which are obviously very dangerous to a human being.
So there we have it, maybe Balrog should leave his gloves on after all otherwise he would probably break his hand on someones head (and i'm betting on it being Blanka's).
It all does beg the question though, maybe all of the other characters should put on boxing gloves too!
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GavinoX
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