Why do boxers and boxing fans think that modern boxing is the same as thing as the old bare knuckle style?

Question

Every modern boxers and boxing fans I know think that the boxing is today is the same thing as the boxing in the Bare knuckle era.But they are two different things!In the Bare Knuckle era(up to John L.Sullivan`s time),wrestling was originally part of boxing!Also,long before the 1700`s,boxers used kicks a lot(the kicks boxers back then used came from another ancient British martial art,Shin Kicking)!And up until the era gloves were used in boxing,many boxers used dirty tricks such as eye-gouging!Also,during the time of Ancient Greece and ancient Romes,boxers were allowed to stomp on their opponents after knocking them on the ground!Modern boxing is a martial sport,not a martial art!Bare Knuckle boxing,the original martial art form of modern boxing,is the true thing!What is up with this?

Answer 1

I noticed this too I have had some heated debates with boxers, who think along the same lines.  Then I show them some historical evidence, and they say I typed it myself lol.  Most of them are just ignorant some change there minds and they come to the same conclusion I have: How great our boxers would be if kicks and wrestling had not being taken out.  Companies like the ufc and pride are actually going back to boxing routes.

Answer 2

i dont know what  your talking about...boxers in the olden days were plain and didnt have the pubic hole...now the modern day boxers are often plaid or have a design on them...so i dont know who thinks that the old boxers are like modern boxers

Answer 3

omg i noticed that with a few people...!!

its scandoulus..!!

Answer 4

who are you refering to that thinks this way?

Answer 5

Relax.

Take a deep breath.

Everything with be OK!

Of course bare-knuckle fighting is different from boxing.  Any boxer knows this.  The strikes used are different, the strategies are different, the striking targets are different, the guard is different, etc.

There are plenty of people today who train to fight (or at least to defend themselves) with their bare hands, rather than with gloves and handwraps.  It's not a lost art.

Answer 6

I would start talking with real boxing fans. . . .not the idiots you are currently "speaking" with.  To think that the two styles (Queensbury and London) are the same is like assuming that Caramel-Cashew Delight is similar to Goldfish-Spaghettio Crunch!

Answer 7

We don't!!

Who are you talkin to?