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Okay, to help you out.
There are several key points to be made here.
1.Boxing has a huge history. It is one of the earliest forms of competitive sport. Due to it's history, it shouldn't be banned.
2.Every single fighter in the industry is willing to partake - it's a choice. Should F1 racing be banned because someone crashed and died? No, because they knew the risks, and knew the benefits (cash, enjoyment, etc.) It's a choice. It's not like their forced to fight.
3.It is well known that boxing keeps kids off the streets. It provides a road to a better, healthier way of life. Like someone said previously already, a lot of these fighters would be drug dealing and popping clips if they weren't in the gym everyday, training.
4.You could argue that because in boxing, the intention to hurt another human being is there, therefore it should be banned.
To this, i answer - is the intention of a boxer who is in the ring really to hurt the other person? Well, i'm sure it is some of the time - but as a sport, the intentions are not to hurt - the intentions are to display fighting prowess. I demonstrate my skill in punching, counterpunching, footwork, by fighting another man. If someone pitched a ball in baseball, and the dude with the bat hits the ball and it flies into the face of a fielder and kills him, should baseball be banned? No, because it wasn't intentional - the idea was for the batter to hit the ball as far as possible, not to kill someone. It was an accident.
Injuries in boxing are mostly accident - no accident as in it happened by chance, but accident because the intention is not to hurt, but to display skill, to land punches.
5.If boxing is banned, do you honestly think it'll stop? Humans like watching people fight. Thats why we had the gladiators. Thats why we have boxing. Banning boxing will not end the sport - it will only put an end to the proper business side. Instead, we will have people fighting in cages, with no rules, no medical support at hand, no proper judges, no proper protection for fighters, no proper ********. Look at prohibition - they banned it, and it still happened (in fact, it could be argued that more alcohol was consumed). If boxing is banned, all you do is put it onto to the black market, and make everything worse for all involved. Leave boxing legalized, and it's 5000% safer than if you ban it.
There are several key points to be made here.
1.Boxing has a huge history. It is one of the earliest forms of competitive sport. Due to it's history, it shouldn't be banned.
2.Every single fighter in the industry is willing to partake - it's a choice. Should F1 racing be banned because someone crashed and died? No, because they knew the risks, and knew the benefits (cash, enjoyment, etc.) It's a choice. It's not like their forced to fight.
3.It is well known that boxing keeps kids off the streets. It provides a road to a better, healthier way of life. Like someone said previously already, a lot of these fighters would be drug dealing and popping clips if they weren't in the gym everyday, training.
4.You could argue that because in boxing, the intention to hurt another human being is there, therefore it should be banned.
To this, i answer - is the intention of a boxer who is in the ring really to hurt the other person? Well, i'm sure it is some of the time - but as a sport, the intentions are not to hurt - the intentions are to display fighting prowess. I demonstrate my skill in punching, counterpunching, footwork, by fighting another man. If someone pitched a ball in baseball, and the dude with the bat hits the ball and it flies into the face of a fielder and kills him, should baseball be banned? No, because it wasn't intentional - the idea was for the batter to hit the ball as far as possible, not to kill someone. It was an accident.
Injuries in boxing are mostly accident - no accident as in it happened by chance, but accident because the intention is not to hurt, but to display skill, to land punches.
5.If boxing is banned, do you honestly think it'll stop? Humans like watching people fight. Thats why we had the gladiators. Thats why we have boxing. Banning boxing will not end the sport - it will only put an end to the proper business side. Instead, we will have people fighting in cages, with no rules, no medical support at hand, no proper judges, no proper protection for fighters, no proper ********. Look at prohibition - they banned it, and it still happened (in fact, it could be argued that more alcohol was consumed). If boxing is banned, all you do is put it onto to the black market, and make everything worse for all involved. Leave boxing legalized, and it's 5000% safer than if you ban it.
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