Should super chinny fighters be allowed to wear helmets?

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  1. Roger_Ramjet

    Roger_Ramjet Member banned Full Member

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    Wilder would need a crash helmet.
     
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  2. Jacques81

    Jacques81 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Didn't Wilder already wear a helmet when he was smashed to bits by that unknown LHW Romanov in the AMS and Wlad in sparring?
    Won't help a wilder. He needs to retire
     
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  3. Drachenorden

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    Helmets don't protect you from damage as much as people think. In fact, they hardly do anything at all.

    The only reason why people use them is to prevent cuts and broken noses and facial structure in general, but as far as protection from brain damage and protection from getting KTFO it doesn't do anything really.

    In fact, a fighter wearing a helmet would be at a huge disadvantage against a fighter who doesn't wear one. His vision would be blurred and he would have a heavier load to move when moving his head. Your head is also a bigger target, many shots that would otherwise miss you end up glancing on the helmet and shaking you up a bit.

    When someone hits you it's not only your head that snaps back but the weight of the headgear too, it feels a bit like you're driving an F1 car and dealing with the G-force.

    The helmet really messes up your defense and there are more punches that you don't see coming which are the ones that hurt the most.

    I got the worst beating of my life while wearing a helmet sparring a legit fighter who didn't wear one. My defense was totally off.
     
  4. Jacques81

    Jacques81 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wtf you need vision for when you're a windmiller?

    He's getting ktfo'd and the clock is ticking. He can't get away with fighting 34th ranked guus forever. Haymon will get his cash out eventually and Burger Squad can't do anything about it
     
  5. Todd498

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    Not sure if that would help bird legs...

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  6. OvidsExile

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    Sure, and feather fists should be given brass knuckles.
     
  7. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    It's called a caestus and the Romans didn't use barbed wire, but the ref would jab fighters with a hot poker when he thought they were stalling.
     
  8. ZODIUS!!!

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    The romans stole boxing from the celts who invented it and originally it was to the death
     
  9. OvidsExile

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    Originally, everything was to the death. Farming used to be to the death. Marriage used to be to the death. Pissing contests were to the death!
     
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  10. ZODIUS!!!

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    Not sex but you had to beat some other cave man to death before hand I suppose
     
  11. DoubleJab666

    DoubleJab666 Dot, dot, dot... Full Member

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    Macklin needed a suit of armor rather than a helmet vs GGG. He has glass abs...
     
  12. Jacques81

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    Hahaha. 5'11 LHW ktfo'd Wilder . Classic. They were laughing so hard at bird boy
     
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  13. Faceplant

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    You could put Khan in one of those iron deep sea diving helmets, and he'd still find a way to get embarrasingly knocked out. He's not just chinny, he's unbelievably dumb.
     
  14. N17

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    Just wrap David Prices and Amir Khan heads in bubble wrap.
     
  15. Champagne Popping

    Champagne Popping The TRUTH is the TRUTH banned Full Member

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    Cubans should be allowed to wear those.. and they shoudld be made to fight in a smaller ring