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About watching this sport?The Burgos situation has really got me feeling like ****.Im feeling pretty guilty for watching that.I was well aware before saturday night that this sort of thing happens too frequently.But it's honestly the first time I witnessed it firsthand.It was scary as hell!Does anyone else sometimes feel like their a bad person for supporting such a dangerous and life threatining sport?I do sometimes...But I haven't stopped watching because like all of you,I love this sport.BTW,im aware that this is what these guys love to do,and they fully understand the risks.But I still feel bad sometimes none the less.Anyone else?
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I certainly did after the Burgos incident, especially because the whole fight I was getting angry at him for not fighting. Hopefully the 12th round was the first time he felt the effects of what was happening to him. Otherwise, he should have had his trainers throw in the towel. -
no for the fact i box myself
i love this sport. and every
boxer knows that its dangerous
anything can happen. you can get
hit once and your done for life.
its a chance we take for the love of the
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Not really, I just think it's sad.
But as said before, every fighter knows the risk.
That's why I can't agree with all this "save Evander from himself" thing that people talk about, and when the NYSAC took away his license, I thought it was wrong.
Every fighter knows he can die or end up brain-damaged. If they want to take the risk, that's their choice. It's up to the commissions to make sure a fighter is physically and mentally fit to fight.Comment
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Yeah, of course.
If you didnt feel a single measure of guilt or remorse over seeing a guy get punched repeated in his head while you are baying for him to be knocked unconcious, then you are a heathen and a neanderthal. You have to console yourself with the fact that they are highly skilled athletes who are being richly rewarded for it and should be protected as much as possible by their corner and their referee. When that doesnt happen and fighters end up dying or brain-damaged, I dont see how anyone can not feel guilt.Comment
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i partially agree, but that is why i like boxing and dont like other fighting sports that are much more brutal. of course it very sad when things like this happen, but is part of the game. there are a lot of other sports or even jobs that are dangerous and life threatening, but that is what they have chosen to do, and that is what they love.
also that is the reason i respect every fighter out there, they all have guts just standing in the ring.Comment
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I dont think so. To an extent people need to accept that they ARE watching a blood-thirsty sport where invariably they are hoping to see someone knocked unconcious (very few people actually want to watch a technical shut out with no knock downs). I'm not saying that its wrong to do so, I watch boxing for the same reasons. However with the rewards of entertainment you should be accepting the guilt of realisation. The realisation that you were hoping to see another human being hurt for your entertainment.
If you feel such a guilt, then it should be aleiviated by the fact that these boxers are professional athletes who are being rewarded for their trials and tribulations and that to them, it is a job and a sport and a way of living. If I didnt feel any guilt at all, then I'd worry about myself.
There's nothing wrong with boxing being a guilty pleasure.Comment
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Indeed. Which is why I think that you should feel it.
If you dont feel guilt, it means that you are missing a basic human instinct. The instinct of compassion, remorse or guilt. Which is a bit dangerous, isnt it? It also just happens to be the one instinct that many psychopaths and serial killers also live without.Comment
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