Can you think of a time boxing was ever to violent to watch?

**$Bullsfam$** · 10-23-2018, 03:12 AM

My grandparents probably weren�t even alive but when you read about some of those 1800s/early 1900s fights they just seem so brutal going 20-30 rounds until somebody can�t get up.

**DARKSEID** · 10-23-2018, 03:34 AM

**DARKSEID** · 10-23-2018, 03:46 AM

Originally posted by Bardamu

There is no such thing as too violent. If they let people fight to the death, most people would watch it. The ppvs for a true death match would destroy every record there is. Only two rules would be no weapons and no choking.

I'm gonna be real I would pay to watch a death match.

**Scopedog** · 10-23-2018, 03:56 AM

I can't rewatch fights where I know one of the fighters died or ended up with a career-ending, life destroying injury. Obvious example include Benn v McLennan or Perez v Abdusalamov, but even something like Gatti v Gamache can turn my stomach when it finds its ways into people's knockout montages on youtube, it just makes me wonder how can you throw that up as amusement for people when that fight destroyed that man's career and left him with permanent brain damage? In fact that particular fight is a really good example because of what a grotesque mismatch it was physically, and we've had several more recently. Garcia v Salka and even Ali v Munguia come to mind, watching some guy who looks like the hulk next to his opponent just beating the **** out of the unlucky guy isn't good to see. Those fights make me think that sanctioning bodies need to adopt at least some level of policing when it comes to rehydration and weight bullying, like maybe having the discretion to cancel or postpone a fight if one fighter outweighs the other by a stone or more on fight night... although that comes with its own dangers and because this is boxing it doesn't have a realistic chance of happening. Maybe the buck should stop with matchmakers. Perhaps legal liability for promoters who put their guys in with monsters and end up getting them badly hurt.

**Marchegiano** · 10-23-2018, 09:28 AM

Originally posted by Eff Pandas

How young?

I've only been to one amateur card where they had lil lil kids boxing. I think the youngest kids were like 8 or 9 years old. And it felt really weird watching it cuz they were so lil. But I know some of the greats were boxing at that age back in the day & some of the future greats are boxing at that age now I bet.

Randomly at that show I only remember one lil kid. I remember him cuz his name was Salvador Sanchez. And I specifically remember him cuz he took an L that night & he was crying like a lil kid might cry. I'm sure his dad realized that night he made a mistake naming his kid Salvador.

poor kid. Worst I ever lost was a football game.

I don't know that I could put an age on it or even much rationalization. All I can say is when I know I'm watching children I am more scared for those kids then I have been for most of my life. I saved a child from suffocating on a lego on the side of the road once. I mean his momma was pulled over and waving about and you could just see how limp her boy was. That'd be when I was most scared because ya know the threat of failure and having to hold a dead baby in my arms, boy I was so shook I'm still a little shook. Youth boxing makes me feel like that. Not as severe but similar.

It's just too dangerous for children. Anything could happen.

even when they're teens and look like Tyson I'd rather not know about it. It's good that they do well and can get an early start but it just is not for me.