The drunken fist on chin trick is less popular or less reported. Don't know if Ice king-hits rates are up by a percentage in interest.
"Coward punch" may be deterring the midnight swingers.
But another skull from a carpark was carefully treated by medicos who Xrayed the national health of His nearly Majesty Richard III. A mob of crazed yobbos on pommy cider and gin caused a riot against the middle east of England , with numerous lesions, cortical fractures, premature withdrawals and major depression. Many blamed Henry VII the new south Welshman.
His lion and unicorn were seized by authorities and placed in the Canberra High Court which is way above single-punch sentencing.
But if Henry didn't throw his weight into the punch-up where would be all be now , eh ?

"But if Henry didn't throw his weight into the punch-up where would be all be now , eh ?"

Huh?

This is Earth Control calling spaceman nicknamenick, come in, 'nnn'.

Damn, he's in orbit out there in the shadow of some ice.

("..we all be now.." no edit key for typo.)
So Richard III stays on the job and no Scottish relative to join the UK. No Charles I to kick-start the parliament , no independence from
the Vatican and maybe a French-style revolution or two to derail the British empire. So no royal wars against France and no need to settle Oz to block them. Maybe avoid lunacy from the Hanoverian kings and keep better links with USA.
Royal violence made this country what it is today and it was stolen to teach convicts not to steal and locks them up if they hit like kings.

Hi nnn,

I think I get it: are you suggesting a sort of historical counter-factual - what might have happened if King Richard III hadn't been king-hit in the car-park at Leicester in 2012 ?

That the Tudors wouldn't have come to power ? And then the Stuarts ? And then the Hanoverians ? Quite likely.

That, if Richard III hadn't been king-hit, the US (about to be 'discovered'), would not have revolted against the UK, the French Revolution wouldn't have happened, there wouldn't have been any enmity between the British and French crowns (implausible), and Australia didn't have to be settled.

So, ultimately, the reason for the settlement of Australia was King Richard getting sucker-punched in Leicester ?

You could be right. But what about the Romans ?

Cheers,

Joe

Without Charles I there's no parliament victory so probably there's a revolution at some stage. Therefore no royals in France or little England so no royal wars. ( If all the English revolutionaries used the 1-punch it could become a sport).
Romans had the idea.

Pugilatus

The rules of this ancient discipline were simple: with only use of the hands fighters could strike any part of the body - back and genitals included.
There were no weight categories or time limits. The winner either knocked out his rival or forced him to give up