Is it time to ban boxing???

[Wacky Racer]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7677893.stm



Yes, I know nobody forces them to get into the ring, and you can get hurt crossing the road etc, etc......

Reasoned arguments for and against please..........

[Einion Yrth]

What adults choose to do to each other, so long as it's consensual, is nobody's business but their own. We have too many nannying bans already - leave people the fck alone.

[eldar]

Only if you ban motor racing, climbing and hill walking.

[Hedders]

Doctors kill more people than boxers do!

[IforB]

Bad stuff happens to people in all sorts of sports. Do we ban them all?

You'll be telling me next that they want to ban fox hunting. Oh..................

[captainzep]

I'm not the biggest boxing fan but I'd be concerned about the impact of a ban on local boxing clubs out there in communities doing a lot of good.

[Mexico.]

No.

[Wacky Racer]

I have no particular views one way or another, I enjoy watching a good fight as much as the next person, however if somebody inflicted these kind of injuries on a passer by in the street they would be looking at a prison stretch in all probability....all in the name of entertainment...Muhammed Ali, Michael Watson brain damaged for example.......



I also understand that it probably force the sport "underground" where there would be no proper medical care on hand......

Just thought it would make an interesting debate..........

[dickymint]

Yeh, ban it and force it underground without regulation/doctors present - more deaths great idea!!

Absolutely NO.

[pugwash4x4]

Wacky Racer said:

is this a piccie to show how bad boxing is?

i've regularly seen bloodier and worse injuries than that playing rugby

[Plotloss]

Two men fight for cash in enclosed space.

How can that be bad?

It cant.

[Cpn Jack Spanner]

I would like to go one further, not only not ban boxing, but also re-introduce the sports of jousting, dueling to the death and a full complement of gladitorial games (just substitute 'prisoners' for 'slaves', offer incentives, and everyone's happy)

[thinfourth2]

Why stop at banning boxing

Ban everything that could possibly cause injury

And lets go further

Kill all children at birth to prevent accidental deaths

[Wacky Racer]

thinfourth2 said:

Kill all children at birth to prevent accidental deaths

That's a bit extreme don't you think??...

[thinfourth2]

Wacky Racer said:

thinfourth2 said:

Kill all children at birth to prevent accidental deaths

That's a bit extreme don't you think??...

What you WANT children to get hurt

You are evil and cruel


THINK oF THE CHILDREN

[Robatr0n]

For the record, Ali did not receive brain damage from boxing! His mental state began to decline when he was taking hardly any punishment from other boxers (if you discount the frazier fights). They should have stopped him from fighting later in his life however he had parkinsons which was not caused by being 'punch drunk'.

Anyway, if Boxing was banned then everything else should be banned too. Afterall if someone was punched in the face in the street then that would be considered assault, much like the fact that you would receive a speeding ticket if you were to speed on the public roads as opposed to a race track.

[micky g]

Apparently angling is the most dangerous pastime...

[PJ S]

Wacky Racer said:

I have no particular views one way or another, I enjoy watching a good fight as much as the next person, however if somebody inflicted these kind of injuries on a passer by in the street they would be looking at a prison stretch in all probability....all in the name of entertainment...Muhammed Ali, Michael Watson brain damaged for example.......

Ali suffers from Parkinson's Disease, like my father - whom never partook in boxing or fighting in general.
So no correlation to be drawn there.

[Wacky Racer]

PJ S said:

Wacky Racer said:

I have no particular views one way or another, I enjoy watching a good fight as much as the next person, however if somebody inflicted these kind of injuries on a passer by in the street they would be looking at a prison stretch in all probability....all in the name of entertainment...Muhammed Ali, Michael Watson brain damaged for example.......

Ali suffers from Parkinson's Disease, like my father - whom never partook in boxing or fighting in general.
So no correlation to be drawn there.

Fair enough....Very sorry to hear about your Dad btw.........

So it appears the general consensus amongst Ph'ers (so far) is it should not be banned.....

[Schermerhorn]

No, they are adults and know the risks.

It's hardly Christians vs Lions is it?