It’s illegal to put spurs on two roosters and throw them in a ring.
It’s illegal to pit two dogs against each other in a ring.
It’s illegal to put a bull in a ring against a guy with a cape.
But it’s perfectly legal to put two human beings in a ring and let them beat each other bloody.
Mmmmmmmkay.
The fighters are adults. They’re free to participate. And an audience is free to watch. But it’s a sad commentary on the state of our culture when we glorify such a barbaric spectacle.
You are a disgrace to your very cool FR name, and bereft of any cursory knowledge of American culture and history.
"Rough and tumble" or "gouging" was a form of fighting in rural portions of the United States, primarily in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It was often characterized by the objective of gouging out an opponent's eye but also included other brutally disfiguring techniques, including biting, and typically took place in order to settle disputes. Though gouging was common by the 1730s in southern colonies, the practice was waning by the 1840s, by which time the Bowie knife and revolver had made frontier disputes more lethal.[1][2] Though it was never an organized sport, participants would sometimes schedule their fights (as one could schedule a duel), and victors were treated as local heroes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouging_(fighting_style)
And violence as spectacle is hardly an American invention.
Have you heard of the sport of boxing or MMA fighting?
Boxing is the greatest sport of all.
Why?
Because it is the only one where victory is defined as getting off the mat one more time than your opponent!
Good article on bare knuckle vs glove here:
https://www.complex.com/sports/2015/11/bare-knuckle-boxing