Written by Basketball is a game played by gigantic guys who mostly look as if they should be able to hold their own in a fight. But can they? Let’s have a look at some of the worst (some may say best) examples of tall chaps having a dust-up.
Firstly a match between the towering basketball talents of Brazil and China, this ones notable for the way in which the scene is set at the beginning with the coach of Brazil giving the Chinese a mouthful of abuse before the video cuts to actual fight.
So can they fight, I think the jury’s still out on this one as some of the action is all a bit camp – flinging of towels and what looks like a couple of slaps. Not to mention the unappetising kicking of the man who’s down.
What’s next then? A game between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and again it’s a bit difficult to tell if anyone’s having a proper go. There’s a slight suspicion developing that it’s all a bit superficial and everyone’s a bit relieved when the police turn up. Anyway:
This next one’s a bit more like it, there’s some punches thrown and what look like genuine attempts to have a bit of rumble but I’m still not entirely convinced.
I think my conclusion is that it’s better than football (soccer) but doesn’t come close to the current champion rugby, for a good punch up. Perhaps we’ll just leave it to the mascots, difficult to tell if this is serious or not but why does the one guy replace his head gear before having another go?
