Should Boxing Be Banned?

[verdant monkai]

Boxing is a thing for true physical men (and some women) who want to compete and exert themselves, who want to feel the excitement of a fight without killing or serious injury being the intent. And the kind of person who is in the medical profession will never see boxing the same way as they do.

For boxers its a sport. It gives them a feeling of achievement and lets them feel like they have used their bodies for something in an increasingly sluggish and automated world. Medical types who are not interested in mastering and improving their bodies to the same degree as these athletes will never see boxing the boxers way. They will see it as a risk to health and safety.

Ban boxing on the day supermarkets, television and car's are banned.

 

[Steve Waltz]

I hate when I see stuff like this. A bunch of arrogant health nuts wanting to ban something because THEY deem it "not right" or "unhealthy." It reminds me of the movie "Demolition Man" where salt is banned because it's unhealthy.

The economy is bad enough as it is. Banning boxing will end up getting a LOT of people fired from their job and cause even MORE problems. Boxers want to box and sports fans want to see them box and that brings about a flow of money and plenty of jobs that we can't afford to lose.

 

[PinkiePyro]

let people box if they want to risk brain damage by punching each other then its their right to do so

 

[Lunar Templar]

LOL

NO

banning boxing is a bad idea. I'm not a fan of the sport but just no. No one is making these fighters step into the ring (that I'm aware of), they all know the risks, but pursued it anyway.

If they ban Boxing then they need to ban ALL full contact sports, NFL, NHL, MLS, and MMA, of course. Hell lets just ban all sports period cause you can get hurt in Baseball, Golf, Bowling, oh defiantly ban the NHRA and NASCAR to /sarcasm

people like these don't under stand that people do know what they're getting them selves into and just don't care because its a thing they want to do because they enjoy doing it.

 

[Euryalus]

They get excited and a cheap thrill out of it. It's probably sexual in nature...(without people realizing of course).

Ok Freud... You do realise there are other appetites besides lust yeah? And that not all desires are sexual?

I guess you can probably see my outlook on sports, and my opinion of people that LOOOOOOVE them.....

Yup, it's sounds judgmental and more than a little unfair. "Those people liking that thing I don't? They're terrible!" *Rabble Rabble*

Yes, I believe wholeheartedly that we should ban boxing. Put an end to this disgusting violent practice...because then we could focus on building robots to box for us and live in the world of Real Steel.

...Oh and yes, that was totally sarcasm. I used to box. I've been meaning to get back into it. It makes me feel good about myself and it's some of the most exercise I get. I'd be sad if it was banned.

Was that the Rockem Sockem Robots movie?

 

[Euryalus]

I think so long as boxes are made aware of the obvious and real risks of brain damage and choose to continue to box, then let them box.

I would love to see sentient mobile boxes in a boxing match

Someone commission dat shit!

 

[Vegosiux]

Hell yeah, it's causing me a lot of stress whenever I have to deal with it cause it just goes on and on and on and first I have to wait for the commentators to finish, then comes the editing and rendering of obnoxiously huge files now that everything's in HD and...

...wait, what were we talking about?

Oh okay, maybe it shouldn't be banned, but I'm still annoyed whenever there's a boxing event in my work schedule

 

[x EvilErmine x]

Nah boxing shouldn't be banned. Boxing gloves should be banned. Back in the days before the introduction of the gloves the incidence of brain injury or death was actually way lower. See gloves let you go for the head shots without injuring your hand. The human skull is quite hard and sharply angled so it really hurts to hit it with any fore...now imagine doing this round after round...your hand would fall apart! Body blows where how matches were mostly fought so their was a lot less head trauma involved.

 

[Wakey87]

Just remove the Gloves, more stitchs but less brain damage.