Surely it's past the time in an enlightened, civilised 21st century to ban this
brutal, barbarous, so-called "sport" that has its roots in the ignorance of
ancient history.
Is this the sort of image that a bloodthirsty population really want to see? 
Two grown (?) men covered in blood and open cuts all mixed with sweat and drool?
With an onlooking audience of screaming, blood-lusting simpletons
screaming their lungs out in a wave of collective obsessional behaviour.
Does it encourage our kids and youth to respect others and to avoid
settling arguments with physical violence? Why is it that giving another
man or woman a deliberate concussion even considered a "sport"? If
you or I do that in the street, then we'll be charged with assault—or
even manslaughter, if that concussion proves to be fatal.
Or is it an encouraging catalyst—to be a "real" man—and to kill people
on the streets with one single punch? Or to beat up aged citizens in
their own homes. Or punch the lights out of someone who cut you off in
your car? "Monkey see... monkey do"? Violence breeds violence.
And what about Gerald McClellan, knocked into an eleven-day coma, and
is now blind, cannot walk unassisted, and is 80 percent deaf. Or Mike Towell,
Tim Hague, Pedro Alcázar and last year Kazuki Anaguchi and Kenneth Egano
—now all dead due to being assaulted in the squared circle.
Since 2000, not one year has passed without the death of at least one
professional boxer.
In total 43 young men's lives lost during that period.
I'd be interested to see what others here—boxing supporters—have to
say in defence of these needless long-term injuries and killings. Do you
condone them? Would you like to see the rules of boxing modified?
Does anyone agree with my call to ban boxing?
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