I'd have to go back and look at the exact statistic, but IIRC it's something like football had more deaths on the field in the last decade than all combat sports combined for the last 100 years. Like your son is more likely to die playing high school football than he is getting deliberately punched/kicked in the head (not that minors should be doing combat sports).

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh wow. That is quite disturbing. Yeah, fuck football.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

on top of that, bareknuckle boxing is safer than with the big gloves because you'll break your hand pretty fast trying to give the other guy a concussion so they don't do that. not sure about small glove like mma, there are other injury issues with it and some of them allow worse blows to the head but part of the issue with boxing is the repeated small blows building up.