According to the British Medical study The Boxing Debate, 361 deaths have occurred worldwide in the ring since 1945(NHMRC). Boxing is way below some other sports such as football when contact sport fatalities are compared. You don't see people trying to ban high school or college football. Of course not. The general public would not tolerate it. So why is boxing targeted as such a negative sport? Many say it is because the object of the sport is to purposely harm your opponent by inflicting blows to their head and body which can in turn lead to serious injuries, especially to the brain. Boxing is not the only sport where physical injury is the objective. Many martial arts have sparring versions that have been going on for many years. Kickboxing, Karate, Judo, and Tae kwon do are all competitive contact sports just to name a few. So if you were to ban boxing you would have to ban these sports too. So, do we have the right to ban a sport that is just as competitive and dangerous as any other?
Boxers who participate aren't just any old person off the street who wants to fight their enemy. These people spend years training to increase their speed and agility and preparing themselves with strategy to defeat their opponent. They know what they are doing when they step into the ring. They also know the risks. In many cases boxing is a way out of the ghetto for less privileged kids. Trainers see potential in them, take them in, and train them. It gives them a reason to stay off the streets and focus on something more productive. For example, Mike Tyson was one of those kids.
Banning boxing will only make the sport more dangerous. People will not stop boxing they will just do it illegally, which will make the safety aspect of boxing virtually disappear. Eventually they will get rid of the boxing gloves and go at it with bare knuckles since there will be no regulations to prohibit it. There may be a ringside doctor but he may be risking his right to practice if he gets caught breaking the law. Who would want to do that
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