Boxing Should Be Banned in Civilized Countries

[Kelly Robinson]

usa is a civilized country but they still like to go to war

LMAO Then they would banned wars because they're uncivilized.

[Fights]

LMAO Then they would banned wars because they're uncivilized.

As long as there is country, religion, and money, there would be wars.

[El Jesus]

It's not only in Scandinavian Europe. There are other countries.

China for example.

From 1959 until 1986, boxing was a forbidden sport in China, as Mao Zedong banned it because it was too violent and ruthless and didn't represent Chinese ideals.

lol @ the thought of mao supressing ruthless activity.

[peewee1460]

in terms of physical and mental risk boxing should be banned. the only two aspects of the sport are absorbing and inflicting bodily harm.

[Fights]

lol @ the thought of mao supressing ruthless activity.

Mao and Fidel.

Fidel Castro in 1962 outlawed professional sports as being contrary to the ideals of his socialist revolution. Cuban boxers were banned from participating in professional matches.

[Fights]

I've stopped boxing myself because it's broke my nasal bone and put a blemish on my beautiful face besides that It's no problem. If I was ugly I would still be boxing.

Any photo?

[Fights]

Mao yes can be considered as a Tyrant, but I give to him that he managed to get away with it. Still the damage created is by no means excusable.

At the end of the day Mao is just another dictator with a extremist power trip.

Like a said he's a military genius, but a power-hungry mediocre economist.

[ThunderWolf]

Saw this interesting article:

Round 4
by Dr. George Lundberg

Boxing should be banned in civilized countries. So trumpeted The Journal of the American Medical Association on January 14, 1983, capturing the attention of a vast worldwide audience of supporters and critics.

Was boxing banned?
No. It was a stiff opening jab, but not a knockout punch.

Was it intensely scrutinized?
You bet, even including hearings in the United States Congress. The AMA and dozens of other national and specialty medical societies fell into line, demanding a ban. Even the Olympic Committees reexamined the activity.

What is wrong with boxing?
In addition to a host of sociologic concerns, boxing is wrong medically, since it not only kills some participants, it inflicts objectively proven chronic brain damage in as many as 80% of fighters who have had a substantial number of fights. It is wrong morally, because the intent of the "sport" is to harm the opponent in order to win, preferably by knockout -- brain damage by definition.

These 2 objections, medical and moral, separate boxing from all other risk sports.

What did improve?

• Shorter fights
• Referees stopping fights earlier
• Better medical exams by better trained doctors -- albeit of questionable ethics-- before fights.
• Fighters blinded by previous boxing injuries are now usually prevented from fighting.

But blows to the head still damage the brain, whether acutely or long term, whether the fighter whose fist inflicts the blow is paid or not, and whether the head in which the brain resides is or is not clad with "protective" headgear. Loads of letters and Rounds 2 and 3 soon followed in JAMA, each with a new twist.

Don`t you think MMA should be banned first?

[JAB5239]

Remember that Olympics boxing uses headgear now, similar to football.

I've never been sold on boxing headgear as adding more protection to the fighters. It presents a bigger target and offers no protection for the chin, where most ko's are scored. JMO.

[peewee1460]

I've never been sold on boxing headgear as adding more protection to the fighters. It presents a bigger target and offers no protection for the chin, where most ko's are scored. JMO.

the helmets do almost nothing to dissipate force or slow the acceleration of the brain. they do reduce the risk of a cut substantially.