//"Boxers know the risks involved". Car drivers know the risks involved driving without a seatbelt on but it's still not allowed// Bad analogy. Car drivers run the risk of hurting others, boxers will only ever hurt each other.
OG//I read somewhere that headgear adds mass/weight and can make blows more dangerous.G //
Can't remember any instances of amateur boxers suffering brain damage.,
Then, jno, in that hypothetical situation, i would hope to develop a very good 'kidney punch' technique which would render my opponents totally incapable of carrying on with the fight, protecting my dainty knuckles in the process:-)
There's lots of research done into what is good/bad for you, usually food orientated, but some things are intuitively bad for you; smoking and boxing fall into that category.
There are some high-risk sports, but the difference is, they are the risks and not the intentions. A racing driver knows the risks, fair enough, but injury is not the actual aim. I'm not sure Boxing should really be classed as a "sport".
I'm sorry, no sympathy here. They know full well what the risks are when they step into the ring.
What I will say in support of the sport, is that it's taken many young people off the streets and out of gangs etc. If it wasn't for boxing, how many of these guys would've been involved in knife or gun crime? In that sense, boxing has saved countless more lives than it's cost.
//I'm not sure Boxing should really be classed as a "sport".//
Boxing has been an Olympic sport since 100s anno domino and probably an original Olympic sport
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