I cannot understand why boxing is legal in the US. The purpose of this sport is to give one's opponent a head injury!

I cannot understand why boxing is legal in the US. The purpose of this sport is to give one's opponent a head injury!

I thought that was politics? Give your opponent an ego injury.

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Because it is considered a sport. Afterall, boxing is part of the olympics. As a matter of fact it is one of the oldest recognised sports. I never have cared too much for watching boxing and I certainly never would have participated even if I were able.

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Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

The purpose of boxing is the same as in all sports, be they contact(football)
or noncontact (tennis, bowling) To establish the dominant (alpha male)position. It is a strong trait that goes back to very beginnings of the human male species.
This particular trait is also exhibited in the animal world. In all animal species, the overwhelming urge in the male is to become the leader of the group. This gives them first pick of the females in the group, as well as the lions share of the food resources, as well as insuring the health and survival of the pack.
Every male, be they human or animal, is born with a overwhelning desire to be leader of the pack so to speak. This can be seen in such instances as the General in the military, the captain on a sports team, the supervisor in the workplace.
This has been going on since the beginning and will continue as long as there is two or more males of the same species. Although you may not like boxing,
there is not much you can do to change it. The males urge to be in the alpha
position will allways be there.

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For the exact reasons kaseychief stated are the same reasons why I cannot stand sports, including boxing.

In all animal species, the overwhelming urge in the male is to become the leader of the group. This gives them first pick of the females in the group, as well as the lions share of the food resources, as well as insuring the health and survival of the pack.

All animal species? Are you sure? What definition of animal are you using?

Boxing? Not my cup of tea, though if the contestants enter the ring of their own volition I don't think I have an issue with it as a contest.

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I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that ...

There are worse sports than boxing. Like in other things of life, you can like or dislike it. Boxe is not my vup of tea also as it's a sport where is allowed full contact and people get injured. But in many countries is like a religion, and people love it.

For me also American Football is a silly sport, but nevertheless is one of the most popular sports in the US. Also is a sport where you can get very bad injuries, but shall we ban it? I don't think so. Players no the risks and most important there is a lot of money envolved.

If we follow the original post point of view, why shall we not ban all sports where people can be injured, like soccer, american football, rugby, wrestling and many otheres where are phisical contact?

For that matter, why is owning and driving a personal vehicle (a car) legal? In the USA alone over 40,000 people get killed each year in automobile accidents. And from what I hear the numbers are similar in western Europe. Now that China has opened up and become a modern nation the numbers are even higher.

It's because it is not the government's responsibility or right to provide cradle to grave security unless we want to give up all of our freedoms.

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Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

The purpose of this sport is to give one's opponent a head injury!

I can't count the number of times my head has been bashed.

The only way to avoid it, is once born, to then die. Immediately.

Or, if one can be "safely" transported to The Moon and put deep underground. Assuming there is no seismic activity and no object is going to slam into the nearby surface. And, if one is put in a deep sleep, like in so many Sci-Fi books/movies, and of course, never becomes conscious and living. You know, mucking about.

Otherwise, make all possible Head Bashing Events(Living Life) illegal.

Yes, more people have been Killed/Injured/Disabled from Head Injuries while just Living Life than All Who Have Boxed.

Of course, letting People Box puts The Blame on All who Allow It, thus we feel we have contributed to the Pain and Suffering.

Jesus Frakking Christ! I'm going DEM/Lib! Kill Me Now!

Dull from Brain Bashing

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May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!!

For that matter, why is owning and driving a personal vehicle (a car) legal? In the USA alone over 40,000 people get killed each year in automobile accidents. And from what I hear the numbers are similar in western Europe. Now that China has opened up and become a modern nation the numbers are even higher.

It's because it is not the government's responsibility or right to provide cradle to grave security unless we want to give up all of our freedoms.

I think for the OP it's about primary purpose, the primary purpose in a boxing match is to injure the opponent. Should you drive your car purposefully to injure others, you soon won't be driving your car.

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I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that ...

Ah, that is an explanation then <g>

I can't count the number of times my head has been bashed.

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Actually, boxing has gained in popularity throughout the ages since the Lions let it be known they really didn't care that much for the taste of Christians, and people had to do something to fill in the idle hours.

Lt

An easier target for banning that is considered a "sport" would be MMA fighting. It doesn't have the history of boxing and is far more brutal.

I'm not sure about more brutal. The championship matches are five, 5 minute rounds. Non-championship matches are three, 5 minute rounds. When a fighter is in trouble, the ref stops the fight instantly. They don't have to go 9 rounds of stand up, get your head bashed, and repeat. Also when in a submission hold, a fighter just taps out, and the hold is released. Due to the rapidly increasing populatity of MMA, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it becomes an olympic event. There is a lot of skill and stratedgy shown. It has come a long way since it first started.

Steve

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Why not play football instead? Maybe you would insist at rather calling it soccer instead?

Even in the United States I think there are now many football fields around where football the European style is being played.

In the boxing ring, however there will always be one winner and one loser.

Boxing with gloves, a referee, and the Queensbury rules is an accepted contact sport in the Western world. A knockout, or other injury will (should) cause the bout to be ended by the referee before anyone gets seriously hurt. Not my cup of tea, especially female contestants, but there you are.

Illegal bare knuckle fights with no rules still go on in various countries, with big money backing them.

The famous fight from the 1952 Quiet Man film, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara was filmed in Cong, County Mayo, in Ireland, and I visited there a few years ago, where it is still celebrated big time for the tourists.

Oddly enough, the family of my late father's best friend owned the 'pub' (Cohan's, in the film). I'm not sure if they still own it, but they also owned a 'pub' in Cheltenham that was full of horse-racing memorabilia....yes, they were an Irish family.

As to the original question, well, if two people were to start fighting outside the 'ring', they'd be arrested. Does this mean that within the ring they are allowed to break the law? Or would that only be the case if no-one was killed during the 'arranged fight'?

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Don't take life too seriously, as you'll never come out of it alive!

Boxing is not my cup of tea, either as a spectator or a competitor, but, if two people who know the risks, voluntarily get into the ring that's their business and nobody elses.

There are many things in this world I don't like but if someone else does, what business is it of mine ? Everybody has the right to go to hell in the manner of their own choosing.

With all due respect to Angela. I am sick of people demanding bans or restrictions on others for the simple reason they don't like the particular activity concerned.

If you don't like it, don't watch it. It's that simple.

T.A.

I personally enjoy boxing quite a bit. It's a tie for my favorite sports (football being the other). I enjoy watching it. If two people wish to put on gloves and beat the hell out of one another for my entertainment, so be it. It's their lives and their choice.

Anyone who doesn't like it doesn't have to watch, it's that simple.

Terry

Interestingly some of the most avid boxing fans are women.

At one stage of my career I was the engineer for a radio station that sponsored boxing matches. Because of this I would have to attend the matches to set up the outside broadcast gear.

I noticed that the male spectators would show most appreciation at the technical aspects of the fights, the timing, the footwork, the skill of the fighters. The female spectators however would wait until the boxers were standing toe to toe and really slugging it out and then they would go "troppo". They would scream and barrack until they were hoarse, some of them would actually start to foam at the mouth. At the end of the night these women would be that high on adrenaline they barely knew where they were.

It's the same with professional wrestling, the men go for the show but a lot of women go for the blood.

There's something very primal going on there.

T.A.

Interestingly some of the most avid boxing fans are women.

At one stage of my career I was the engineer for a radio station that sponsored boxing matches. Because of this I would have to attend the matches to set up the outside broadcast gear.

I noticed that the male spectators would show most appreciation at the technical aspects of the fights, the timing, the footwork, the skill of the fighters. The female spectators however would wait until the boxers were standing toe to toe and really slugging it out and then they would go "troppo". They would scream and barrack until they were hoarse, some of them would actually start to foam at the mouth. At the end of the night these women would be that high on adrenaline they barely knew where they were.

It's the same with professional wrestling, the men go for the show but a lot of women go for the blood.

There's something very primal going on there.

T.A.

I have noticed this simply by paying attention to the crowds as I watch on Television. You are 100% correct. And it's a conspiracy I say!

Women want to see men destroy one another, each time it happens they are one step closer to taking over the WOR.... oh wait.. too late, they already have..

Damn.. =D

Terry