The purpose of a fight is to inflict a significant hurt on your opponent. In hockey the punches are almost always limited to blows to the head, in order to inflict a head injury serious enough to knock the opponent down or out (i.e. a concussiion). This is allowed and even condoned in a league that professes to want to eliminate head shots and concussions. It amazes me that no one in the big leagues of hockey sees anything contradictory in this state of affairs.
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