# RO: If you like dog fighting you'll love baby boxing **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 22, 2012, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253 "2012-08-22T05:23:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/21 "2012-08-22T14:22:11Z")
Really. If all managers were to give away valuable fighting tips, it would make the finals that much harder. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/22 "2012-08-22T14:35:16Z")
I laughed. Obviously not an OK thing to be doing, and the women in question will no doubt deserve their punishment, but in the genre of horrifying “child abuse by day-care workers” stories, this one seems relatively benign. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/23 "2012-08-22T14:39:26Z")
Perhaps. Unlike the [McMartin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mcmartin_preschool) case, however, this one actually appears to have _happened_. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/24 "2012-08-22T15:08:36Z")
Boxing toddlers is awesome. Provided that you have the right size of boxes, of course. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/25 "2012-08-22T15:46:51Z")
> [@boyo jim](#): > > now i gotta know – what is the first rule of toddler fight club? “WaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/26 "2012-08-22T15:49:41Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Now I gotta know – what IS the first rule of Toddler Fight Club? Bite the ref’s ankles! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/27 "2012-08-22T15:56:37Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > “WaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!” [Tom Hanks/] There’s no crying in Toddler Fight Club! [/Tom Hanks] ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/28 "2012-08-22T15:58:36Z")
I wondered if one knocked the shit out of the other but, you know, it might have been there beforehand. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/29 "2012-08-22T16:57:46Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > That’s the reaction I’ve seen elsewhere over this; people are simultaneously horrified and amused. “Ha ha ha” “So I guess you agree this has all really just been a funny joke, Your Honor.” “Ha ha ha…but seriously, you’re going to prison.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/30 "2012-08-22T17:08:44Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Boxing toddlers is awesome. Provided that you have the right size of boxes, of course. But then how would you know if they’re dead or alive? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/31 "2012-08-22T17:13:56Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > But then how would you know if they’re dead or alive? It took me years to figure out the solution to this, which is, “It doesn’t matter.” Leave 'em in a box long enough and they’ll all be dead – 100% dead. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/32 "2012-08-22T17:38:14Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > But then how would you know if they’re dead or alive? Yeah, you’d have to throw a cat in there with them. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/33 "2012-08-23T20:22:10Z")
[Here’s](http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/07/missouri-mom-eggs-on-toddlers-fight-video--77623.html) a similar story, but it’s the mom making her toddler fight another toddler. You can see the actual video that this genius put on Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/34 "2012-08-23T20:29:04Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Yeah, you’d have to throw a cat in there with them. Then, you’d have the answer to the question [this guy’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) been wondering about. ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/35 "2012-08-23T20:44:12Z")
Maybe I have too high an opinion of people but hopefully there is more to this than meets the eye. I find it unlikely that you could find three mothers at the same day care group who wanted to fight their kids. This isn’t sparta 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/36 "2012-08-23T23:36:05Z")
They were three employees, not mothers of the children involved. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/37 "2012-08-24T02:46:09Z")
I just watched the episode of South Park where they were running a crack baby baseball league, only using a ball made out of crack. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/38 "2012-08-24T04:11:34Z")
So wrong…so funny… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/39 "2012-08-24T04:21:03Z")
Just so’s you guys know, I totally stole your jokes for my tweets on the subject. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253/40 "2012-08-24T04:33:18Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > So wrong…so funny… We’re just doomed, aren’t we? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-if-you-like-dog-fighting-youll-love-baby-boxing/632253.md?page=3)