Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for April 25, 2023
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Transcript:
man: I think boxing might be right up your alley! tyr: Fisticuffs! great! man: So, just put these gloves on! Tyr: Why? Man: So no one gets hurt!! tyr: but..hurting is what makes it fun! Man: Okay, so no one gets sued!! tyr: I'll bet I could hold an axe in one of these....
Actually Tyr would be familar with gloves in boxing. After all, he would have been around during the Roman empire and come into contact with the Romans. Just not gloves that soft. For Tyr the boxing glove would have been the cestus, which would inflict tons more damage than the modern glove.