# Do People Go Out for a Punch Up?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-go-out-for-a-punch-up/960282>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 1, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-go-out-for-a-punch-up/960282 "2022-03-01T14:32:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-go-out-for-a-punch-up/960282/61 "2022-03-06T13:16:49Z")

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Fair enough. I didn’t mean to imply blame in my examples. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that women often become the focus of aggressive asshole guy’s attention, which then leads to conflicts.

But then you also have women who act as a shit stir and do instigate trouble as you describe.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-go-out-for-a-punch-up/960282/62 "2022-03-06T14:11:55Z")

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> [@msmith537](#):
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> > [@Horatius](#):
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> > It’s actually kind of surprising that someone finds this surprising. We have whole industries dedicated to letting young guys beat on each other in a manner that doesn’t destroy society.
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> > Every boxing gym, martial arts dojo, wresting club, fencing club, SCA club, and LARPing club out there is built on the fundamental premise that it’s fun to get into a scrap with your buddies. It’s not as random and dangerous as going out to a pub to get into a fight, but it’s not fundamentally different, either.
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> Not to mention regular contact sports like football or hockey or even not contact sports like basketball or soccer.

Soccer _is too_ a contact sport.

> **[Fan brawl halts Liga MX match, several injured](https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37626068/dozens-injured-fan-brawl-liga-mx-game-atlas-queretaro)**
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> Saturday's Liga MX match between Queretaro and Atlas was suspended following scenes of violence in the stands that spilled onto the pitch.

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**Author:** ![filmstar-en](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@filmstar-en](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmstar-en)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-go-out-for-a-punch-up/960282/63 "2022-03-06T18:38:30Z")

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Some sports attract hooligans, others do not. Soccer is known for its football hooligans. Going to an away match and getting into a brawl with the opposing teams fans was a hazard. In the UK soccer is a thoroughly working class sport owing to the origin of many teams which were often associated with factory workers in the big industrial towns.

Rugby, despite involving a lot more contact on the field, the fans tend to be noisy but far less prone to fighting. It is a class thing.

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