Have you ever been punched or punched someone?

AyeGer

I wonder how common it is for people to have experienced violence in their lives. I’d like to create a poll asking if people have been punched or punched someone throughout their lives.

How do I create a Poll?

AyeGer

I .

Furze99

What do you mean by 'punched' is your first problem. A bit of a dig in the shoulder or floored or what? You need to think about this..

French Toast

Nope. The need to hit someone a proper belt never arose nor have I ever earned one. I played a share of sport in my younger years and have been on plenty of messy nights out since then but it never came to throwing punches.

I am a man of peace.

endacl

Just punch in 'create a poll', OP.

Donald Trump

Easily well over 100 people. Mainly fellas.

*in sparring

Mad_maxx

not in ten years but from aged ten to thirty six , half a dozen times ( which is on the low side I imagine? )

Eoinbmw

In my teens and early 20's I have received and given a quite few, some in sport and others after a few pints! Im 43 now and id say I have not even come close to a situation in 20 years!

Age and maturity has a lot to do with it I would say!

AyeGer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120260539#Comment_120260539

I was able to create them in the old boards but not this one.

YFlyer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058284917/have-you-ever-been-punched-or-punched-someone

Yes be some rugby idiot in Thomas Street Limerick. I didn't flinch. Some knacker had a go. Punch was slightly harder. Still didn't flinch.

I knocked out a person running for me in Termight club with an open hand hit to his nose.

Poorside

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120260754#Comment_120260754

Running for you in Termites? I call BS, that carpet was so sticky no way it was possible to move quickly.

Eoinbmw

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120260768#Comment_120260768

Quick sand!

fergiesfolly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120260586#Comment_120260586

I'm ten years older but I'd say the above was the norm for a lot of lads. There comes a point in your 20s where you don't let yourself get into situations where a violent interaction is the ultimate outcome.

Have to say, I've never seen a knife pulled during a fight when I was a young fella, so I'd fear for modern lads when it kicks off. You have no idea what the other fella has on him. Slap in the jaw is a long way from knife in the ribs.

YFlyer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120260768#Comment_120260768

You are thinking of Costelloes ;)

Greyfox

Not since I was 17.. which was 25 years ago. 98% of adults who throw punches in day to day life are braindead scumbags

vatnikbanderite

The nightlink wasn't called the fightlink for no reason...

Never liked getting physical, but after one particular night after getting a slight concussion after getting stuck in the middle of a scrap, and a few other close encounters, I thought enough was enough and joined boxing...

never started anything, but being in town at a certain time around certain people will inevitably involve some arguments....

always given as good as I got, was good to be able to swing a few digs, move fast and get the **** outa there....

gladly those days ae long gone.... still boxing though, so get punched in the face weekly (I'm not very good)

Poorside

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120260836#Comment_120260836

Nah, Termites upstairs in the Savoy was the original sticky carpet, they probably brought it to Costelloes when it closed down.

Strumms

Once on the receiving end. Think I mentioned it before… strolling through temple bar on my own… attacked from behind by some random brass monkey…. Left pouring with blood from top left back and side of my head… the single shot must have been driven with some amount of anger and force because I was left a bit unsteady and light headed…. It was no slap. I doubt it had a knuckle duster but the impact felt somewhat harder then just a fist, maybe the slithering urchin had a load of cheap sovereigns on his fingers, dunno..

last time I punched a fella I was around 18/19… self defence, a quite delightful situation which was payback to a little psycho who’d gone from a nice guy, to a miserable little muppet to a little jealous, antagonist, intimidatory and violent person….

YFlyer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120260954#Comment_120260954

Would be Flan style.

Just seen photos of Tony Roche doing the drums at Strictly Rhythm. Those were the days.

BTW the dance floor was not carpet. Was son of the guy that own the swamp. We made up.

AyeGer

I was punched on a few occasions in my teens and 20’s and I punched a few people then too. I never started any fights though.

It seems to be very common in this country. I don’t know much about other countries I’d assume they are much the same.

AyeGer

I was following an account on Twitter called @fighthaven. And there seemed to be a never ending supply of footage of street fights and assaults.

I ended up unfollowing as it was often in my feed first thing in the morning. Bit depressing to wake up too.

banie01

I worked as a bouncer in Limerick and beyond during my younger years. Did a variety of doors around the town and usually managed to deescalate rather than steam in.

Still ended up in a lot of scraps though, that said working outside of Limerick was always rougher. Dundrum and Nenagh in particular.

Also played a lot of rugby, plenty of digs thrown in contact.

I generally take the role of peacemaker and it works more often than not but, on the occasions trying to becalm a situation didn't work? I had the size and experience to win.

I am too old for it these days tho 😉

Mister Vain

Aye, I went to St Farnan's so I had to fight to survive. I wasn't the biggest fúcker but I had 3 years experience in kickboxing which came in handy.

YFlyer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120261106#Comment_120261106

You had doormen that were friends of Jeffery Fitz and he got away with sht.

bannedboyband

Gave and reviewed some. Some minor, some KO ones.

banie01

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120261303#Comment_120261303

Who? Do you mean Brian Fitzgerald?

A bouncer had friends? friends of a bouncer? And they got away with shít...?

What does that have to do with my own post you quoted other than job title? How is your post congruent to thread? Or is it just a general comment? Or is there more to be added?

i punched a bully in work after getting sick of his slagging.

He was much bigger than me & wasn’t on his own either (typical)

It started off slagging & went from there over a week or two. Then started saying stuff about a family member.

Told him multiple times to cop on. He wouldn’t of course.

Came back from morning tea one day and heard them talking behind my back so I told them that’s it, I gave both of them a few digs & they were quiet lads from then on.

Madeoface

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120260954#Comment_120260954

Termights....I loved the place. Nearly gave the guy who ran it a box in the mush for his attitude one time...

Got nose broken by a savage head butt trying to defuse a gang who took umbrage with a pal of mine. Lucky not to be stabbed tbh. O'Connell Street, Dublin late 90's.

amacca

Punched in the face (made contact around orbital socket) as a 10 year old by a much older lad ...in a sweet shop....sucker punch....then he ran off....for years afterwards I used to dream about 30 seconds down a dark alleyway with that scumbag so I could aquaint him with a baseball bat.

Doctor said it was a real boxers punch, never been punched since, was put in a headlock out of the blue by a scumbag in d'olier Street in my twenties (again a surprise move) ....he disengaged quickly when I spoke in a dublin accent.

That's it, both incidents were very unwelcome.

Would try everything except punch a person for lots of reasons, one of them being fear of what might happen to them or me if things escalated or went wrong. Aware of plenty of cases where a minor scuffle etc resulted in a head injury that left a person dead and messed up a lot of lives ....except Mr unprovoked attack in the sweetshop....I'd still like a crack at him.

October 1996.

I got punched in the head. Lucky it wasn't worse.

I . was . an . Asshole and had provoked him with a finger shape and I was on my own.

20Wheel

as an aside ive witnessed heads hit the pavement on a couple of occasions, as the result of the 'victim' being punched.

it is the most horrible sound.

Gregor Samsa

Myself and my brother got jumped by 7 or 8 local scumbags one night when I was 17. Surrounded, knocked to the ground before we could even try to defend ourselves and kicked and punched multiple times, including a parting kick right in my face as they ran off. Surprisingly we weren’t hurt and it could have been much worse.

I’ve punched two people in the head. One was a friend, one was a stranger. Both were the instigators and deserved it 100%, neither were hurt (well, the friend got it in the ear like the one Edward Norton gives Brad Pitt outside the bar in Fight Club), neither punched back, and I felt bad about it afterwards both times.

bmc58

I hit my brother (one year younger than me) a nice slap in the jaw over another younger brother who was slagging me in my mothers home(she was present).Mother started crying and youngest brother ran away.We stopped and patched things up there and then.I was so sorry.That was 45 years ago and I have have never raised my fist to another human (or animal) since.I am still sorry I ever did it.But it was in the heat of that moment.It's long forgotten in our family but I still remember it with regret.

Vita nova

The last punch I got was when I was 12 years old and it was a sucker punch that did permanent damage to my teeth, so I've avoided punching or being punched ever since.

In a lot of cases where a confrontation arises there's an imbalance, especially when dealing with gurriers, they have little to lose but you have a lot even if you win. Losing a tooth won't affect their ability to draw the dole or sell drugs but might raise a few eyebrows when you're on a video call with international clients or make life difficult having to explain to your kids why someone knocked your tooth out.

Bobblehats

i’m a lover not a fighter. A big lad grabbed my by the collar of a quality shirt one night throttling n threatenin to punch me so I stitched him a loaf and sent him to the dentist

purplefields

I've had a chain (not jewellery!) put around my neck from behind, been threatened by a syringe, and nearly got hit by a huge chunk of wood.

However, in all cases I escaped unscathed. My self defence is:

• Try to talk my way out
• Run as fast as I can.

Actual fighting is a mugs game.

Dslatt

Been punched about 30 times, punched people about 25 times. The difference of 5 is sucker punches, 3 of whom were scobe girls with the fellas I was arguing with and twice I've been punched in the face out of nowhere by someone who then ran away. I grew up in Tralee when it was at its roughest and had hair down to my arse so according to the aul fella I was "looking for trouble". Missing my front teeth, have broken ribs twice, broken wrist, fingers, numerous black eyes. Thought it was normal at the time tbf.

AyeGer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120265209#Comment_120265209

I fully agree with you. Pride can be dangerous as often these fights end up with a group kicking the head of someone on the ground or a knife pulled.

Graces7

Does a well-deserved slap across the face count? it worked well by the way!!!!!

Apiarist

I am from a working class neighbourhood in a city in Eastern Europe. I had to fist fight several times a year during my primary school, my nose was broken twice, I was fully knocked out once. Simple times.

AyeGer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120266437#Comment_120266437

Was that given or received 😂

Mad_maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120265209#Comment_120265209

Fighting is good for men , builds character and helps us learn who we are, society naturally needs to dissuade such an attitude as a pacified society is much easier to manage and sell stuff to

rob316

Consequences of been a little prick throughout my teens, got in fights almost weekly at 15 and 16. Been hit in the head with a brick and a glass beer bottle. Got a really bad beating when I was 17, face was an absolute mess, multiple face fractures. Fully deserved, me and my sad little gang kept looking for trouble too much and we all got it.

Trained in mma in late 20s, early 30s but never had it in me to hurt someone in the name of competition and you need that.

I would do absolutely everything to avoid confrontation these days but if the situation called for it I'd have no hesitation punching someone in the face.

student7890

I've been punched maybe 15-20 times but always in the face or side of head with fists, sounded like a golf ball being hit to me a few times. It didn't hurt until later on. Have punched a few people usually defending myself or with good reason.

Only once did it last very long which was the most memorable . I was lucky to get out of that one as it was a crowded area. Fighting with an obese chef in 25 degrees heat down a Thai city street. Rescued by the city police and then fined €5

It helps if you can defend yourself in any city as things can happen.

Sgt Hartman

When I was 16 I finally plucked up the courage to punch this little scrote who had been slagging me for months. I ran after him, rugby tackled him on the green and gave him a punch between the eyes and a boot in the arse. It was the last time he and his scrote mates ever said anything to me.

The second time after that, I ended up breaking my left hand after punching another scrote in town when I was 21. Definitely not the smartest thing I ever done.

And lastly, about 16 years ago I whacked a guy I know in work who had been winding me up for weeks. Luckily nothing more came of it and we both apologized to each other shortly afterwards. We actually get on quite well now.

Electric Gypsy

I remember there was a scene in the series 'Veronica Mars' where Logan Echolls throw a great punch at some fella on the beach. It really got me thinking because at the time there was a guy who'd been giving me a hard time at school. About four months later I got the chance the throw a punch at this guy under circumstances almost identical to the scene. I was so happy! On paper I had let myself down, but I viewed it as an achievement. When one of the teachers heard it was me she apparently said "it couldn't have been him, he's a gentleman". I got suspended for a day.

purplefields

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120266147#Comment_120266147

Often such altercations are planned. I have seen where one, smaller person tries to start a fight and gets the 'victim' to go with them for fistycuffs. Soon after there is much more than one person involved. In one of these instances, I've seen where a bottle was smashed over someone's head.

It's not like in the movies, where Tom Cruise always wins.

rob316

Its not like even when I was growing up 20 years, these days a knife is used very quickly. Yes you can kill someone with a single punch and they hit the ground but 99.9% you'll just leave a bruise or break a bone. Fights escalate to someone sticking a knife into someone and not caring what organ or damage they cause happens way too easy.

Graces7

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120266895#Comment_120266895

lol..Oh given! The shock on his face!

Jim_Hodge

I had to think long and hard about this. I don't remember having either received or given a punch. My primary and secondary schools had reputations for being rough but I passed through unscathed. Having gone to those schools saved me in a few situations years later when a gang would come over looking for trouble, only for one them to say something like "Leave him. He's OK I was at school with him"

yourdeadwright

Yes,

Im not a violent person but thousands of times i'd imagen ,

Firstly older brothers, then from the sports of boxing & Thai kickboxing ,

Then from Soccer & Gaa as a teen & in my 20's & also a few random times just throughout life in public, up to my late 20's ,

A broken nose (boxing) & a few stitches here & there but noting to serious