Is boxing wrong?

[Mr. Ryan]

Morally, is boxing wrong? It's the only sport where fatalities are an aspect of what occurs. There is no way around it, boxing is violence. The apologists say that boxing is an effective way to get kids out of the ******, but sometimes at the expense of their health.

Don't get me wrong, boxing is beautiful. But whenever I see Muhammad Ali shaking or Emmile Griffith can't even remember any of his opponents, it just makes me angry. Beauty and art should not come at the expense of great people's well being.

In a perfect world, boxing wouldn't be harmful to others. We could enjoy ourselves while giving reverance to braver men than ourselves. I can appreciate a master boxer in total command of his craft, like a Pernell Whitaker or a Willy Pep. The truth is though that the appeal of the sport is in the brutality and savageness of disadvantaged youths hurting each other competitively.

I honestly have been trying to break my addiction to the sport, but it's of no use. I understand that morally, it is wrong to hurt anybody. When I decided to start boxing, I promised myself that I wouldn't fight out of the ring and would try my best not to hurt anyone. While trying not to damage another person seriously is noble, it detracts from your performance some in a violent, contact sport.

If boxing was abolished tommorrow, I would be sad for awhile looking for something else to devote all of my time to, but would breathe a sigh of relief for being given flash detox of a drug that is hard to break the cycle of.

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[Mr. Ryan]

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LOL, I put it up a minute ago and always its you the first to respond. You love my ****

[Dye]

they stopped using 6.oz gloves after Griffith killed paret just thought that was interesting

[Mr. Ryan]

they stopped using 6.oz gloves after Griffith killed paret just thought that was interesting

That just means its harder to score a knockout and they take more punches. That does nothing. Sandy Saddler should not have wound up the way he did, its horrible what happens to some of these great men.

[cyberthugpatrol]

.......I honestly have been trying to break my addiction to the sport, but it's of no use

I tried................ but I relapsed.

now my son is in the squared circle.

but I agree, it is wrong....but darn it feels so right

[GEOFFHAYES]

For every death in boxing, there are a million more deaths with a needle hanging out someones arm.

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Morally, is boxing wrong? It's the only sport where fatalities are an aspect of what occurs. There is no way around it, boxing is violence. The apologists say that boxing is an effective way to get kids out of the ******, but sometimes at the expense of their health.

Don't get me wrong, boxing is beautiful. But whenever I see Muhammad Ali shaking or Emmile Griffith can't even remember any of his opponents, it just makes me angry. Beauty and art should not come at the expense of great people's well being.

In a perfect world, boxing wouldn't be harmful to others. We could enjoy ourselves while giving reverance to braver men than ourselves. I can appreciate a master boxer in total command of his craft, like a Pernell Whitaker or a Willy Pep. The truth is though that the appeal of the sport is in the brutality and savageness of disadvantaged youths hurting each other competitively.

I honestly have been trying to break my addiction to the sport, but it's of no use. I understand that morally, it is wrong to hurt anybody. When I decided to start boxing, I promised myself that I wouldn't fight out of the ring and would try my best not to hurt anyone. While trying not to damage another person seriously is noble, it detracts from your performance some in a violent, contact sport.

If boxing was abolished tommorrow, I would be sad for awhile looking for something else to devote all of my time to, but would breathe a sigh of relief for being given flash detox of a drug that is hard to break the cycle of.

as much as boxing is violent at least it's somewhat controlled and regulated, a little bit.

what's more violent than boxing, LIFE! life is more violent than boxing, the things people do to one another is de****able all throughout the world.

life and death violence, leadership violence, scare tacitc violence, control violence, bullies, etc., road rage, ****, murder, what have you.

boxing is a test of skill and will, at the very least i think that most of our problems should be handled in a boxing match instead of war and such things.

and boxing is the individuals choice, no one at least in the USA is putting a gun to someones head and telling them they have to fight, it's the persons choice whether or not to participate.

in life you have no choice once that action has happend.

[GEOFFHAYES]

Chris Eubank said boxing was a mugs game and how he hated it, but where would he be without it? If not prison fodder, probably dead in a gutter somewhere.

What a ****.

[Kball15]

yea but...

The fighters understand the risks they are taking BEFORE they ever set foot in a ring. Sure, the rare case of a Muhammad Ali's fate is horrifying, and its certainly enough to want to stop boxing yourself.

But the fact of the matter is, not many people end up that way. Its actually very rare.

The blood and guts warrior "Arturo Gatti" will probably be far better off then Muhammad Ali is now, and hes been hit quite a bit. Holyfield is kind of slurring his words, but I'm sure thats as bad as it'll get.

Banning the sport would be rediculous, just because of a few rare instances. Im sure All the people who died in the ring, and even muhammad ali, would say that it was either worth it, or that the sport should continue going.