Is boxing wrong?

[BloodClot]

Yes Boxing is immoral and wrong. Now you can stop posting on it Asian

[Bucktown Beast]

God I hate these kinds of threads.

[Mr. Ryan]

Yes Boxing is immoral and wrong. Now you can stop posting on it Asian

You're only looking at one side of the coin dumbass. Not looking at all it's facets is being plain ignorant.

[Super_Lightweight]

There are more deaths in football and many other sports per 1000 participants than there are in boxing based on every study I've read.

But yes, perhaps boxing is morally wrong. I had quit for a while thinking it was. Now I am back in. I just can't get away from it. Not right now.

[Mr. Ryan]

There are more deaths in football and many other sports per 1000 participants than there are in boxing based on every study I've read.

But yes, perhaps boxing is morally wrong. I had quit for a while thinking it was. Now I am back in. I just can't get away from it. Not right now.

I try to break away from it and was even happy abit when my laptop was stolen cuz then I could avoid it a bit. The truth is that it hasn't changed the fact that I love to hit and get hit, and also to watch people do the same.

[Neckodeemus]

I never said the world was perfect, and I have no complaints about boxing. I love boxing more than anything in this world, believe that. I just wanted to address the guilt that has been on my conscience for the last 5 years.

Forget about the guilt. You sound like you are over-conceptualising things too much, this is Ok if you go in the non-guilt direction.

You sound like a good, sensitive guy yet it does come across as slightly patronising that boxing needs fans likeyour good self to provide a conscience.

Boxing was brutal as hell in ancient Greece yet dying in the ring was what the fighters aspired to as it made them gods and ensured that their families got looked after.

We have progressed, the sport is safer and we can enjoy it with a clear mind.

Stuntmen die making movies yet we barely register that, in boxing we see it happen there and that probably makes it seem harsher than the sport is.

Boxing is a wonderfully united sport when something bad happens.

[Mr. Ryan]

Forget about the guilt. You sound like you are over-conceptualising things too much, this is Ok if you go in the non-guilt direction.

You sound like a good, sensitive guy yet it does come across as slightly patronising that boxing needs fans likeyour good self to provide a conscience.

Boxing was brutal as hell in ancient Greece yet dying in the ring was what the fighters aspired to as it made them gods and ensured that their families got looked after.

We have progressed, the sport is safer and we can enjoy it with a clear mind.

Stuntmen die making movies yet we barely register that, in boxing we see it happen there and that probably makes it seem harsher than the sport is.

Boxing is a wonderfully united sport when something bad happens.

As a former amateur, I had to deal with the internal stigma about it constantly. I was raised a very religious guy, a "philosopher" like yourself wouldn't be down to hearing things of that nature.

[Bucktown Beast]

What is morally wrong about athletes participating in controlled combat. Yea it consists of inflicting pain, but you have just as good a chance to hurt the guy that is hurting you. No animosity, no bad intentions. When all is said and done you hug one another and go home.

Punching an old man in the face cuz he smells like Ben-Gay is morally wrong. Not punching a man who is trying to punch you. That is self defense. In boxing's case, it exploits that art of self defense and it takes it to the next level.

[Rockin']

There will always be those that will believe that boxing is wrong. There are also many evangilists running around saying that if your involved in this or that that it is morally wrong and you will be dealt with. When the question of morality arises I like to repeat something that Roosevelt said, "A nation in which its boys take to gloves rather then guns to settle their disputes......."

It is our human nature and need to veiw, dispise or actually compete in what can be a brutal sport. Either way, this is America and the free world gives the man the choice to carry his life on in a lawfull manner. If 2 grown men agree to throw fists for some cash and it will be properly supervised and regulated then they should always have the right to do so with out being questioned.

Rockin'

[Abe Attell]

Speak for yourself!!

LOL...what I meant was testosterone lowers when the "Animal" side of "Man" is gone.

Testosterone levels are lower today because children don't grow up playing sports and adults are more inactive then ever.

Their is a reason why Soldiers have some of the highest levels of testosterone