Prize fighters are skilled professionals, fighting in a controlled setting, rather than pissed up on concrete streets with no rules or oversight at 3am.
This could be the greatest thread derailment of all time. If the thread were locked now, and defrosted in 100 years, with only your post identifiable from its DNA record, they would think, well, you can guess the rest.
Ha ha.
The same can and has been argued about repeatedly heading a football, heavy tackles in rugby, American football, ice hockey and so on. I appreciate the point, as I say.
Well, no, that’s wrong, because often it isn’t the punch which kills, but hitting the head on concrete from the fall. And in a boxing ring there is a referee, which there isn’t in a street fight. And trained medical personnel standing by, with the fight being sanctioned by a governing body, determined by ability and weight classes, which isn’t the case for street fights.
You can leave whatever you want anywhere, but if I wish to talk on a subject I feel strongly about I will.
Just so dreadful to see a Labour MP sucker punch and then beat up a downed man on a street at 3am. Disgusting behaviour.
Very sorry to hear that , but if you think about it there are a lot of vital parts in a very small area , especially if as has been said , it results hitting something hard .
I agree completely it's a very bad look. But, what if this stalker (which it seems is alleged by the MP) had threatened to rape and kill his daughter (if he has one). All I'm saying is that there is probably a lot more to this story than we know
I specifically chose not to watch the video , i chose to read the thread , i got a detail wrong , how did me not watching the video stop the idiot committing the crime - or is that not the really important bit ?
Hypothetically yes, that would be horrible, but wouldn’t be grounds for claiming self-defence in a legal sense. Provocation can be used as a mitigating circumstance, but without evidence it would be up for a judge to consider at sentencing or a jury to decide if it went to trial.
I think he knew what he was going to do if the chance arose , when the other guy looked away he had enough adrenalin to throw a cowards punch , nothing split second about it imo .
Adrenalin heightens and quickens the senses , even when plastered
He named his dog after Jeremy Corbyn.
Really? Quite a moronic comparison. Any case will be decided on all the evidence, not just a couple of clips on social media that have tickled your fancy. Just to remind you that both leading parties have had a sitting MP murdered in recent years. I think you're the first to try and bring party politics into it.
In my opinion, this story is too big to rest solely in the political threads, which many have on ignore for various reasons.
Labour suspends MP Mike Amesbury after video appears to show him punching man
Mike Amesbury also has the whip withdrawn, as police say a 55-year-old man has been interviewed under caution over the incident.www.bbc.co.uk
Mike Amesbury (soon to be former) MP suspended and whip withdrawn - you’d hope for an arrest in the coming days.
Absolutely disgusting.
