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Originally Posted by Lev
What are gloves? More mass, more area dispersal and slightly slower transfer of energy, which means the force isn't concentrated and it's too slow to be absorbed into the skin destructively, which means if you get hit in the head your brain is going to smash into your inner skull, and since it's not as intense a feeling you can stay upright for longer.
Bare fights you'll get lots and lots of injuries in the bone and cartilage instead of just bypassing them.
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Just to clarify this, bare-knuckle boxing prevented a lot of the strikes that are now responsible for causing brain damage because you'd either break your hand or it just didn't connect the same way.
So while bare-knuckle was bloodier, it was ultimately less fatal.