im 30 and i would only knuckle up with someone if it's over something important.
like if someone threatened my family or something like that. if you distance yourself from dumb ass people you are much less likely to find yourself fighting over some dumb ass shit.
i used to fight back in high school and middle school. won a few lost a few but that was a while ago.
one thing about the hood is cats be ready to fight and kill eachother over absolutely nothing. a bunch of fools fighting over who runs the block and both them cats still live at their moms shit is pitiful.
and say you get into a fight with a dumb ass. and then you whoop his ass. it's very likely he'll come back and shoot you and kill you because cats can't take an honest ass whooping no more. getting into petty fights is a catch 22. you can't win even if you win.