For instance once a boxer reaches the age of 18, a manager can now take a cut of 25% of the takings of a match. A completely preposterous figure when you take into consideration that it is the boxer who is knocking the years of his life with each fight he takes part in, and not the manager. Boxers are the means by which managers make their money; to be financially used is to be in the profession

Scandals are forever appearing in the tabloids about boxers who end up having roughs with their wives and I think we can guess who comes out of such quarrels the worst off. For men who are trained from a young age to show no mercy inside the ring can we be sure they will show the same reserve outside the ring.

After briefly explaining the boxing trade, I see no other way but for our society to ask itself; should boxing be allowed to continue on in the 21st century as a legalized sport? Or should it be banned and written off as a bloodthirsty, uncivilized, corrupted, money-driven scheme?

The deliberate loss of life never goes without punishment, yet in this case it does. Where is this thin line drawn and who draws it? Many boxing supporters would say that health risks occur in every sport, if for example a soccer player head butts the ball enough times using one particular area of the head, brain damage would be bound to occur, or if a rugby player gets tackled roughly that player would end up getting his neck broken. This is to a degree correct but in both these sports such things are accidents. The objects of both such games are not to deliberately attack other team members but it is

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