Should Boxing Be Banned?

For:

• It can be very violent and can lead to permanent mental and physical damage including death
• The damages that people sustain can waist medical supplies, even though not much but it adds up, and for people who go into the ring trying to get hurt it is stupid to waste supplies on them. The money that is used to purchase these supplies could be used elsewhere and even the supplies could be used elsewhere as well
• The BMA have wanted this banned since 1983, but have got no where with their plead
• It can make a false idea in young peoples heads that this could be a quick and easy route to money that they can easily do, but ends up ruining their lives

Against:

• People fight and bet on fights for money as well as enjoyment and therefore want to keep enjoying themselves
• As I said before if boxing were to be banned it would only drive the supporters to illegal underground boxing matches therefore there is no point
• It s even thought of by some as a noble sport, eg peoples families may have been doing it for generations so why should they give up a tradition
• People have a freedom to do whatever they want within the law, and if the law keeps getting tighter on what people can do, eventually there would be nothing legal to do

Now that we can see some of the reasons for boxing being banned, we are able to say whether we think it should be banned or not, I feel that it shouldn’t be banned mostly due to the freedom of choice reason. There has always been some sort of sport like boxing and until recently everyone has lived with it. There are certain factors that could provoke me into wanting boxing banned, for example the stupidity of two men in a ring hitting each other isn’t a thing that I would enjoy, but I still think people should have a right to do what they want.