A boxing tourney is mentioned and I'm immediately interested as to what it's like, being presumably underground, illegal, and unregulated (?)
like do they have weightclasses ? And what's Purple's weightclass ? how are skill classes categorized ? available equipment ? What are the out-of-bounds ? im guessing from previous that the entirety of this ring doesn't distinguish between sexs, so is there any level-out factors, like added time limits ? is there even a time limit ? how are points controlled, given, and managed ? who and how many judges are there ? is purple knowledge of all these factors and know how to play them to their favor (and will we see this in action pwercwhance..) ?
basically does it function like normal boxing match-ups or nah (lotta question marks sorryš uhm in my defense you piqued my interest so it's actually not even my fault like. n also sorry if ts worded oddly im a wrestler n boxing/wrestling are like cousins not identical twins or sumš¤¼š„)
oh dear a lot of questions ok i can try my best
like do they have weightclasses ? And what's Purple's weightclass ?
thereās probably like.. Two. theyāre not too concerned with fairness, more just entertainment. Purpleās pretty light, so theyād be in the lighter one.
how are skill classes categorized ?
whoever wins wins and whoever doesnāt doesnāt! this isnāt super organized or anything. itās not nearly professional enough to have such things
bring yourself and like probably some water they donāt provide that shit. they have first aid kids for the express purpose of having people Not Die.
What are the out-of-bounds ?
canāt tell if you mean physically or illegal moves. physically? it takes place in the basement of an office building, and the fights occur on flat ground with a taped-out arena area. you lose if you fall out of bounds, but youāre also not allowed to force your opponent out on purposeā thatād make everything end too fast. whether or not you did it intentionally is up to referee discretion.
illegal moves-wise, just donāt kill each other and stop when the fight is determined to be over
im guessing from previous that the entirety of this ring doesn't distinguish between sexs, so is there any level-out factors, like added time limits ? is there even a time limit ?
thereās no formal sex classing, though people can choose who to compete with minus tournaments. (the events are primarily frequented by one kind of person, anywayā young cis dudes who yearn for when the city was more lenient about combat, which used to be far more common and far less regulated. itās actually still a very very common sport, purple just doesnāt want to go through the hassle of doing it the above-ground way, especially because stickfighters [as they are nicknamed] tend to become pretty well known.)
time limits are not usually there except in the case of tournaments, where they are cut to five minute intervals with breaks in between. this seems counterintuitive to the whole āwe wanna watch people break each otherās nosesā vibe until you remember that a rested opponent is more likely to be, well, breaking noses
how are points controlled, given, and managed ?
not really a points system? itās not necessarily boxing. itās just a human version of stick-fighting, which is just⦠beating the shit out of each other until someone taps out or canāt reasonably continue.
who and how many judges are there ?
referee and judge are the same title here. one for regular matches, three for tournaments (so as to better ensure the rules are followed.) they rotate around. sometimes long-time fighters function as such for informal practice fights which sometimes happen on off days
basically does it function like normal boxing match-ups or nah
im so sorry to disappoint itās not the formal version of the sport itās just people rocking each otherās shit for fun and entertainment. while it is extremely culturally relevant (sparring is like the football [either version] of this universe) purple is competing in a bastardized backyard fight club version of it