Fighting should consist of pushing, shoving and thumping with the palm of the hand. That's the kind of fighting Great Apes like us have a genetic inclination for. It would be an exception to get seriously injured in such a fight.
But clenched fist punching to the head and combat boots to the face - thats homicidal attack - that's got nothing to do with Great Ape fighting, but it is what you'd get in a brawl.
Because our ways of fighting became so much more lethal, we can't fight anymore. Almost everyone fights dirty nowadays.
Or pre-human ancestors had far cooler moves on them than action movie heroes, such as taking a dump in your hand and flinging it at your opponent and assraping them when they're down to exert dominance.
If two people fight in the typical hominid way - a mutually voluntary fight consisting of pushing, shoving and hammerfist-drumming rather than punching, with the constant option of retreat given, I wouldn't even consider it a crime. Apart from bruising there wouldn't even be injury worthy of going to the hospital for.
But no one fights on ape instinct anymore, its either aimed punches, kicks with shoes or boots or knives, bar stools, broken bottles or guns.
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