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feijoada · 09-30-2000, 01:25 AM

i've always understood bare-knuckle striking to be dangerous to the hands, but the vale tudo tapes i've seen from brazil in the "good old days" featured no gloves and lots of haymakers. were there tons of hand injuries?

09-30-2000, 01:25 AM	#4 (permalink)
feijoada Novice Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 9 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	how did the brazilians cope? i've always understood bare-knuckle striking to be dangerous to the hands, but the vale tudo tapes i've seen from brazil in the "good old days" featured no gloves and lots of haymakers. were there tons of hand injuries?