From: Michael S. Lorrey (retroman@turbont.net)
Date: Thu Sep 21 2000 - 13:40:47 MDT
Dehede011@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 9/21/00 9:03:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time, jamesr@best.com
> writes:<< For that matter, there are more than a few people walking around
> that
> could kill you as quickly with their bare hands >>
>
> James, if I can make a sidebar comment. I was in amateur boxing as a teener
> and a fan of boxing for many years. I always get a chuckle out of martial
> artists talking about having a "killing punch." It seems to me that about
> half the physically fit adult men in the country are capable of doing that
> under the right circumstances. Bare handed adult males are dangerous - when
> they want to be or when they lose their heads.
Yes, I've heard of a number of incidents where individuals were killed by a
single punch, just in the last year or two. The primary reason boxing is so
highly regulated is because it is quite easy to kill a person bare handed.
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