You, sir, are an absolute moron. I'm a 5'8" 180 lb former pro boxer in my fifties & I'm quite confident in my ability to handle myself in any situation. That I'm also a black belt in kickboxing & Kajukenbo Kempo but that's beside the point as in the eight fights that I've had outside the ring in my adult life I've only needed weapons other than my fists on two occasions. On the other six occasions, I ended matters with my fists alone. In one of the other two, my adversary was armed with a knife so I used kicks as well. And in the other I was outsized & outmuscled & wound up ending matters with a guillotine choke.
Street fights are almost always quick to erupt, violent, ugly & over quickly. And they usually initiate in boxing range. And, because of my muscle memory & fast-twitch response to threats after years of training & fighting, I was able to strike first, fast & hard.
Your assertion that boxers can't "do shit" without gloves is simply ludicrous. Where'd you get that idea? From the recent Lobov-Paulie Malignaggi contest? A fight in which Paulie broke both of his notoriously brittle hands & still should have won the decision?
I've spent a lifetime strengthening & conditioning my hands to stand up to the rigors of punching men in the face for up to 12 rounds. I assure you that they hold up quite well in a bare-knuckle situation.
As for your one week of Muay Thai being enough to allow you to handle any type of fighter much less the heavyweight champion of the world? Keep smoking that good stuff, chuckles. <45>
