BOXING

Should boxing be banned?

In this essay, I am going to discuss the sport of boxing and try to decide whether boxing should be banned or not.  Boxing is a sport where two people get in to a square ring and hit each other and the first one to be knocked out loses.  The risk these young men take are out of this world and they do this for things like money, fame and respect. If they are one of the unlucky ones and lose their life in a fight it is their family who have to pay with the pain and misery of losing a loved one, like a father or a son. However some of the men are very lucky, they fight millions of fights, live to a good old age and become legends like Muhammad Ali the greatest fighter of all time!

Opponents of boxing feel it should be banned because of the number of tragic cases involving boxers. They assert that the risks they take cannot be denied.  So can we carry on letting these young men put their lives at risk for sport? Here are some examples of people that have been hurt in the ring by boxing.  The talented Welsh boxer, Johnny Owen died in 1980 during a Bantam-Weight World Title Fight against Mexican, Lupe Pinter in Los Angeles.  After being knocked out he lay in a coma for six weeks before dying.  He was only 24 years old. The latest tragedy involving boxer Paul Ingle who suffered critical injuries in the ring, just highlights the continuing problems.

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A number of doctors are behind the banning of the sport because of the serious nature of the injuries that can be sustained during a match.  The most common injuries are cuts and bruises which leads to stitches and dental work being required.  Body blows can lead to internal bleeding and broken ribs, but the most serious risk comes from the possibility of either catastrophic or gradual brain damage.

In addition, those against the sport argue that professional boxing has been banned in Norway since 1981, and in Sweden since 1970.  So if a ban on the sport ...

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