Rare film of a Battle Royal

Wow. Gross.

 

One of those fighters seemed to intentionally be fighting with one hand behind his back at one stage?

The commentary was out of sequence, and obviously distateful and a poor attempt at commedy.

Saying all that, even though this was low level fighting, i think the grossness of the event is not so much the event itself, but the extent to which the participants were forced to enter the battle rings. if it was fully voluntary (and obviously it wasnt really), are these events all that much worse to some of those Japanese style torture gameshows. Or put another way, would it be any worse if someone offered an open invitational battle royal today, with millions of dollars in prize money?

the offensive part (mostly), imo, is the fact that so many were forced pretty much against their will to enter or for slave labour. Again though, is this all that much different to the way many present day fighters enter the ring and often you hear stories of them having their purse stolen by unsrupulous trainers, managers etc.

 

This is fabulous. Keep interacting.

 

...and was the video's subtitle really necessary?

 

I am honestly not sure whether to watch it or not!

Would the historical value justify doing so?

 

Yes, it is much different. As crooked as the modern fight game can be, indentured slavery it's not. Makes me sad to see this.

 

Grim.

 

Horrible

 

I interviewed Beau Jack about his participation the these gruesome events.
I have the tape somewhere.
It should all correspond with the writings of Ralph Emersons book "The Invisible Man"

P.S. I have a still photograph of an all white Battle Royal from Florida in the 1930s just to add a little levity.

 

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Good stuff.

Looks like a clip out of an old movie where a labor union negotiation went horribly wrong.

 

So, would it be impolite to suggest now might be the right time for, say, the WBC to revisit this idea? :think