This Box Lacrosse Brawl Has Me All Jazzed Up For Rough n' Rowdy 5
So this brawl is actually from a few years back but for some reason the internet is just starting to catch wind of it today. However, since it’s a total gongshow and it is Thursday, I figure a little throwback never hurt nobody. Especially not when we’ve got some fights to sell for RNR5 tomorrow night in Lexington, Kentucy.
I’ve long stated that there needs to be a Winter Classic for Rough n’ Rowdy and we could just rent out a hockey rink and have a bunch of boozed up beer leaguers chuck some knucks at center ice. But if we don’t want to only reserve the fights for people who know how to skate, we could also throw some box lax tilts into the mix. If you think that hockey fights are wild, then just picture the same exact thing but instead of the fighters having to stay balanced on 1/8″ blades of steel on a sheet of ice, guys are just on foot dropping bombs.
And this brawl here has a little bit of everything. It’s starts off casual enough with a good ol’ fashion liney. All 5 guys on the floor grabbing a partner and beating the shit out of each other. Actually all 6 if you include the goalies. But then the benches clear and all hell breaks loose. Fists are flying everything. Knuckle to skull, knuckle to skull, knuckle to skull. And after a while you think it starts to die down but nope! Here come the goalies to start it right back up again with not just 1 but 2 simultaneous tendy tilts. Fucking epic. And the best part about the whole thing? Just listen to the crowd. They’re loving it. Nobody is trying to stop the brawl from escalating. Nobody is crying to get them to stop. The moment the goalies start going after it, everybody realizes that they’re in for a show and they’re loving every second of it. The people in the crowd, the rest of the fellas on the floor. The goalies want to throw down for the boys and everybody can appreciate that.
This is why it kills me every time somebody tells me that lax is “for rich white kids who were too afraid to play football” or some shit like that. Because box lacrosse is as gritty and blue collar as it gets. Box lacrosse right now is pretty similar to what the NHL was back in the 70s. Guys aren’t making enough money for it to be their only job at the moment but they still go out there and play their balls off and they’re not afraid to get violent as shit out there. Whether it’s laying people out legally with some hits along the boards or dropping the gloves and throwing hands. There’s not another sport like it right now. I’m sure that as it continues to grow that eventually the nerds will come out and start trying to get fighting out of the game. But if you’re somebody who constantly bitches about how soft the leagues are getting these days, turn to box lacrosse and it will fill all those needs for you.
And also make sure to turn to RnR5 tomorrow night in Lexington, Kentucky to also fulfill all those goonery needs you have in your life.