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September 22, 2005: "There will be all these people who will come out and say this is the brutality of our sport. ... Nobody blames auto racing when guys die hitting walls driving 200 miles per hour because it's not poor kids who race cars. It's poor kids who fight.”
Lou Dibella was quoted as saying that today in the aftermath of the death of Levander Johnson.
That may be true in a certain sense but, still, it is because the object of race car driving is not to intentionally smash people into walls and kill them. The main objective of boxing, however, however is to render your opponent unconscious blows to the head and with that comes trauma to a little thing called your brain. Your central nervous system probably doesn't appreciate the effort, either. I am a fighter and love boxing but I am not going to sit here and pretend that it is the safest sport out there. Events like this are just reminders for me why I don't push or prod any kids I work with towards professional careers. If they do it, it is their choice 100 percent. I mean, bringing up poor kids that box as a way out is nice and all and it's great that as a promoter you want to take a chance and invest so much money in them but, really, I have a new "to help give poor kids a chance." Instead of investing so much money into their pro boxing careers why don't you take these kids and put them through college and if and when these guys end up with great jobs making good money they can repay you with interest one day. Deal? It also brings up something I else I find comical in a way. Like when a promoter talks about a fighter and how much they "love them" and "consider them a part of the family." Maybe, maybe not, but it always amuses me that the guy they love like a son also happens to be an elite athlete with very good money making potential. It seems like the only ones that love four round opponents "like a son" are their trainers that work with them on a daily basis for what amounts to no more than probably a couple hundred dollars a year for their efforts.
Lou Dibella was quoted as saying that today in the aftermath of the death of Levander Johnson.
That may be true in a certain sense but, still, it is because the object of race car driving is not to intentionally smash people into walls and kill them. The main objective of boxing, however, however is to render your opponent unconscious blows to the head and with that comes trauma to a little thing called your brain. Your central nervous system probably doesn't appreciate the effort, either. I am a fighter and love boxing but I am not going to sit here and pretend that it is the safest sport out there. Events like this are just reminders for me why I don't push or prod any kids I work with towards professional careers. If they do it, it is their choice 100 percent. I mean, bringing up poor kids that box as a way out is nice and all and it's great that as a promoter you want to take a chance and invest so much money in them but, really, I have a new "to help give poor kids a chance." Instead of investing so much money into their pro boxing careers why don't you take these kids and put them through college and if and when these guys end up with great jobs making good money they can repay you with interest one day. Deal? It also brings up something I else I find comical in a way. Like when a promoter talks about a fighter and how much they "love them" and "consider them a part of the family." Maybe, maybe not, but it always amuses me that the guy they love like a son also happens to be an elite athlete with very good money making potential. It seems like the only ones that love four round opponents "like a son" are their trainers that work with them on a daily basis for what amounts to no more than probably a couple hundred dollars a year for their efforts.
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