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Originally Posted by Dpeck100
I have to assume the gloves were less padded in the earlier days so those shots had to really hurt.
Were there a lot of blood baths back in the days?
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If you go way back, during the latter 19th century there was a gloved champion and a bare knuckle champion. John L. Sullivan notably held both titles at one point. While I wasn't there, certainly there must have been many a blood bath in those days.