No matter how big you are, how strong you are, how well you are trained someone out there will be better than you.... or luckier. I would not take that chance. Once being on that shit end of the stick, and im am NOT big, strong, or that well versed in hand to hand, so I would not let that happen to me again. I was lucky once, maybe not so lucky next time. Anything can happen, and you might end up dead.
Agreed, through personal experience, as well as many videos etc. that are out there, one punch and people can fall back hit there head and be paralyzed or in a coma. That is why I shake my head when I hear people say fight it out. Being born and raised here in the islands we have a culture of fighting not found many other places on the mainland, however once you grow up you realize you have family, work, life that is much more important than throwing hands to prove who is tougher. It is worse in the mainland because it is almost always never one on one either. I am not willing to risk my life, health or safety nor that of my loved ones. I will be willing to do anything within my power to get safely home, if someone threatens violence I view that as a threat on my life. So many people have this romanticized idea of fighting whether from tv, movies etc. There are many things that can change your life forever from these altercations, just remember that legally, physically, and personally.