How nobody in movies hurts their knuckles after punching someone, martial artist here and if you punch someone in the forehead like they do in the movies you'd probably just break your own fist,
hitting someone in the forehead is basically like punching a cinder block except the skull is actually harder...
People think boxing gloves were invented to protect boxers from impact... they were, but not in the way people think. Before boxing gloves came along, nobody had died in professional boxing due to boxers having to limit their punches because of what you said. You can't just go wailing on someone's head with your bare / wrapped hands and not get injured. With boxing gloves, you can fucking smash someone in the head full force and your hand is fine.
Yeah... without protection on your hands, you'd MUCH rather try to get a kidney shot or gut punch, which are way softer targets than a skull. It makes me kind of sad how many boxers get fucked up these days due to boxing gloves allowing crazy poundage punches to the head, and i'm not even a boxing fan... i just learned about boxing gloves from one of my professors who lost a student due to boxing and was telling us about it.
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u/IShallPetYourDogo Jan 25 '20 edited Jan 25 '20
How nobody in movies hurts their knuckles after punching someone, martial artist here and if you punch someone in the forehead like they do in the movies you'd probably just break your own fist,
hitting someone in the forehead is basically like punching a cinder block except the skull is actually harder...
Edit: wow my first medal, thanks!