Given the relative frequencies of bar fights and serious injuries, it doesn’t seem remotely plausible that they’re all that dangerous.
ISTM that most bar fights are interrupted by other people getting in the way/pulling the fighters apart and trying to calm them down (at least where I am—may be different in other parts of the world). If so, premeditated fights might be more dangerous than average.
ISTM that most bar fights are interrupted by other people getting in the way/pulling the fighters apart and trying to calm them down (at least where I am—may be different in other parts of the world). If so, premeditated fights might be more dangerous than average.