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Unusual Sports Of The World: Underwater Boxing

Underwater Boxing Match From 1939

As we all know, the weirder something is, the more attention it gets. I don’t even think I have to constructively explain why that is because it is quite obvious in my eyes. It’s simply that things we haven’t seen before we tend to look at. It’s like when you are watching one of those forensic series on the telly like CSI or Navy CIS, when there is someone laying there on the cold slab you just HAVE to look, even though you don’t want to see. It’s quite odd, I know, and I hate watching that stuff. There are of course things in the world that aren’t quite so… gory, and even though we here at Bit Rebels get to see the most odd things, there are some things that we didn’t even know existed until someone sends it to us, or we stumble over it ourselves.

Such a thing is this clip of Underwater Boxing! Yeah, it sounds really odd, and it really is. I would suggest this for the people who want to start boxing but don’t quite want the hard punches on their face and body. This way, you’ll get lightweight punches even if you are fighting Mike Tyson, pretty much. It’s of course the water that slows down your punch, and if you’ve ever been underwater and tried to move your legs and arms really fast, you’ve noticed that the speed you are able to muster is pretty lame.

In 1939 there was an underwater boxing event at Wembley Empire Pool in London. By the looks of it, the cameraman seems to be the one fighting far more to capture the video than the actually combatants. So, what do you think? Is this a sport we should pick up and maybe refine a little? I am sure the knockouts will look a lot different since the knocked out fighter looks more to be fighting his way down to the bottom of the pool than to actually be following the laws of physics. Are you up for a match?

Underwater Boxing Match From 1939

Via: [DiagonalUK]


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Author: Richard Darell

 

Richard Darell is the founder and CEO of Bit Rebels, a multifaceted online news outlet that reports daily on the latest developments in technology, social media, design and everything geek. Today this media entity welcomes more than 2.5 million unique visitors per month and is considered the go to place for people in constant motion. As an Internet entrepreneur, he is dedicated to constantly trying to develop new ways to bring content faster and closer to the end user in a more streamlined way. His excitement for statistics has allowed him to further develop systems that continuously produce accurate and fast-paced analytics to better optimize the approach by which Bit Rebels presents news and content. His graphic design background has proven to be an important tool when designing new systems and features for Bit Rebels since the development of solid and stable code depends entirely on their structure and implemented procedures. Richard currently resides in Stockholm, Sweden and directs the Bit Rebels offices in both Stockholm and Atlanta. You can reach Richard at richard@bitrebels.com

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