Is American football really more brutal than Boxing???

[HitmanTommy]

Is this true?

[ShoulderRoll]

You rarely see gruesome leg and foot injuries in boxing.

[RightJabLikeZab]

Johnny Knox was bent almost in half back in 2011. A major spinal injury that ended his career and luckily he's able to walk now.

[HitmanTommy]

You rarely see gruesome leg and foot injuries in boxing.

That's a valid point, but I thought kids these days got into football instead of boxing because of football being less physical. Same with basketball and baseball.

[Cypocryphy]

Yes and no. But it's easier to say that American Football is more brutal than boxing. I can put it to you this way. You stand there and let me punch you in the ribs. Now, after you've recovered, stand there and let me get a running start and slam into your ribs with my shoulder. Then you tell me what felt more "brutal."

[Cypocryphy]

That's a valid point, but I thought kids these days got into football instead of boxing because of football being less physical. Same with basketball and baseball.

Football and basketball are school sports to which everyone goes. In elementary school, in middle school and in high school. Then into college.They tend to be status things in school. It's popular. It makes more money if you are a professional. There's more media attention. You don't see this with boxing, anywhere. Boxing is an underground thing that no one really talks about, for the most part.

[deathofaclown]

Big sissy’s in pads

no padding in rugby and no stop start action

[HitmanTommy]

It makes more money if you are a professional.

Huh?

Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis, Mayweather, Pacquiao, Oscar, Canelo etc. have made way more money than any football player.

[YoungManRumble]

Yes and no. But it's easier to say that American Football is more brutal than boxing. I can put it to you this way. You stand there and let me punch you in the ribs. Now, after you've recovered, stand there and let me get a running start and slam into your ribs with my shoulder. Then you tell me what felt more "brutal."

I've made this argument before, and maybe I'm just a biased canuck but ice hockey seems like the most brutal pro sport to me. For non-combat / team sports anyway.

Fighting is more or less allowed, the hits are almost equal just the dudes aren't as heavy, and the surface is the big deciding factor. They're basically playing on slick concrete with razors on their feet and the boards don't offer much sympathy either. At least football is played on grass/turf and no boundaries to crash into. Then you have sticks to the face, pucks to the face. Not to mention NFL season is like what 16 games long? vs 82 games in the NHL. There is a reason they say the Stanley Cup is the most gruelling trophy to win in sports.

No question football is a savage sport that is extremely injury prone but ever seen someone gushing blood out their neck almost dying in a football game?

Haven't seen much of it but rugby seems pretty brutal too and no padding like deathofaclown said above.

[eco1]

Is this true?

I remember watching a documentary once, it is the sports with the most life injuries in North America.