are 'we' the fans of boxing, borderline psychopaths?

Speaking for myself only--YES.

The prerequisite for being a psychopath can be mutually exclusive from enjoying violence. A psychopath has little to no empathy or remorse, doesn't mean they enjoy violence.

what makes a boxing match exciting? i mean, what is a boxing mathc, really? you score violence; "effective punching." boxing is inherently violent. take some of it away and it's an amateur match. take it all away and it's fencing. I appreciate that, but I don't enjoy seeing someone get KO'd, or seeing their face re-arranged post fight. I don't mind so much if they get cut or endure injuries they can obviously recover from, that happens in other sports, but it bothers me that fighters can endure long-term damage and it's a part of the sport I have difficultly with. You'll see people here saying they want to see certain fighters on the floor knocked out cold etc. but I wouldn't wish it even on the fighters I dislike the most. I take no joy in watching a healthy man being broken down to long term injury. I realise the fact it happens or can happen yet I still watch makes me a hypocrite of sorts, but I reject the borderline psychopath label.

there's all of that in other sports. watch a tennis match if you really want to see a "chess match." hell, watch chess. there's a chess match for you. you appreciate the violence, or the character that violence gives the sport, whether you recognize that or not. what;s better than a show of skill? a show of skill that gets out of the way of a life changing concussion, or deals one out. boxing has higher stakes than chess. the stakes are high because of the violence. I appreciate the violence; I'm just not a fan because of it. It's not what draws me to boxing. Some people watch football for the big hits. I can appreciate a big hit, but I'm more drawn to the beauty of the scheme that allowed the big hit to happen.

I can only speak for myself but I don't watch boxing to see people get hurt. I watch it for the sporting contest, the competition. It's the same reason I watch other sports like football, tennis, Formula 1 or rugby. It's only when someone goes down or gets knocked out that it really hits home how dangerous boxing is. If there was a way to make it less dangerous yet retain all of the elements that make it great to watch then I would be in favour. what makes a boxing match exciting? i mean, what is a boxing mathc, really? you score violence; "effective punching." boxing is inherently violent. take some of it away and it's an amateur match. take it all away and it's fencing.

i don't see it as violence some guy stomping on another guys head into the pavement, i see as violent, i think of boxing as a sport, a mans sport subjectivity.....

I'm not really a fan for the violence. I prefer the strategy, the art, the technique. I prefer a chess match-style fight to a slug-fest. there's all of that in other sports. watch a tennis match if you really want to see a "chess match." hell, watch chess. there's a chess match for you. you appreciate the violence, or the character that violence gives the sport, whether you recognize that or not. what;s better than a show of skill? a show of skill that gets out of the way of a life changing concussion, or deals one out. boxing has higher stakes than chess. the stakes are high because of the violence.

yes. without a doubt there's some level of "insanity" in somebody who so willingly seeks out violence. my idea of a great saturday night is watching two highly trained, highly skilled, violent men being violent. are we bad people? no. but there is definitely something to be said for the enjoyment that a boxing fan gets out of watching life altering head trauma getting dished out.

i don't see it as violence some guy stomping on another guys head into the pavement, i see as violent, i think of boxing as a sport, a mans sport

I'm not really a fan for the violence. I prefer the strategy, the art, the technique. I prefer a chess match-style fight to a slug-fest.

I enjoy seeing fair fights, rather regulated, amatuer, pro, MMA, whatever. Now for people who like to see fighting with weapons or unfair, they are psychopaths.

I can only speak for myself but I don't watch boxing to see people get hurt. I watch it for the sporting contest, the competition. It's the same reason I watch other sports like football, tennis, Formula 1 or rugby. It's only when someone goes down or gets knocked out that it really hits home how dangerous boxing is. If there was a way to make it less dangerous yet retain all of the elements that make it great to watch then I would be in favour.

its a toss up! not for the fact that we like watching controlled violence tho! But because we get enthralled by the strategic war that comes when the bell rings!

I'd say MMA fans are borderline psychos, last week I have a little conversation with one of them and you wouldn't believe in the shit he said to me: -Joe Jones would beat any LHW in the world. In the boxing match -Boxing is dead and the only guy who can save is, quote: "The guy who fought Maliggnagi" - Cain Velasquez would be top HW, if he turned pro in boxing right now -Boxing is more gay than MMA OK I made up the last part but the rest is true, it doesn't seem like it but he seriously said all this shit. Well, I think at the moment he probably has a case for a lot of the stuff he says. UFC/MMA is a lot more interesting to the general public than Boxing is at this moment in time. People who watch MMA watch it because of the sport. Because you are guaranteed a bloodymess or a cool takedown or something like that. Boxing is popular because of the people in it. It's a lot more about the actual person and his career, as opposed to the sport in general. Of course, you have the hardcore fans who see a lot of fights, but most people don't do that. Jon Jones is a good fighter and a good boxer, but he'd be a heavyweight or a CW in boxing and I reckon he'd do well. He's got a good style for boxing. But Broner is most certainly not the person to save boxing. If anything, he's the opposite.

I understand where you're coming from, but I can't agree. As someone else noted, fighting, or the sport of 1 on 1 combat dates all the way back to ancient greece, eqypt around 7000-6000 bc. Wrestling, sumo wrestling etc. But the art of boxing has nothing to do with the violence in it. Not to me anyway. Which is why I don't watch UFC. I enjoy the art of pugilism. Hitting and not getting hit, scoring punches, strategies, overcoming adversity, ego vs ego, man vs man. I don't enjoy seeing anyone lying face first on the canvas. I'd say MMA fans are borderline psychos, last week I have had a little conversation with one of them and you wouldn't believe in the shit he said to me: -Joe Jones would beat any LHW in the world. In the boxing match -Boxing is dead and the only guy who can save is, quote: "The guy who fought Maliggnagi" - Cain Velasquez would be top HW, if he turned pro in boxing right now -Boxing is more gay than MMA OK I made up the last part but the rest is true, it doesn't seem like it but he seriously said all this shit.

Boxing is a competition. It's not a fight to the death or anything. Human beings have enjoyed watching physical competition for our entire history.

yeah I do find bigging up make-believe wrestling matches is an odd thing. none of its real, how can you invest so much of your life in it. Mind you I still do DC comics (and chocolate milkshakes). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62_KR28Gv1A

I understand where you're coming from, but I can't agree. As someone else noted, fighting, or the sport of 1 on 1 combat dates all the way back to ancient greece, eqypt around 7000-6000 bc. Wrestling, sumo wrestling etc. But the art of boxing has nothing to do with the violence in it. Not to me anyway. Which is why I don't watch UFC. I enjoy the art of pugilism. Hitting and not getting hit, scoring punches, strategies, overcoming adversity, ego vs ego, man vs man. I don't enjoy seeing anyone lying face first on the canvas.

No way. The psychopaths are the wrestling fans. It's not even real.

Its wrong, we all know it. One punch can kill you. but its fun.