Posted by Jim Shady at h-64-236-224-52.twi.com on January 30, 2002 at 11:51:49:
In Reply to: Put an end to Boxing.... posted by Duffless on January 30, 2002 at 09:58:49:
: Boxing is not a sport. Two people punching each other until one can't take it anymore is not a sport...just because they are athletic and train to do it, doesn't make it a sport...
It's all a matter of opinion, but it's been considered a sport for thousands of years.
:In my opinion boxing is a travesty...promoters take young black and hispanic men off of the street and train them to Box, little is done for their education and they are reared to love and embrace violence,
They're not forced into it - for many, it's a way out of the grinding poverty and violence of their surroundings. How many successful boxers still live in a ghetto? Also, education doesn't come into it - you don't need education to be a boxer. And when you say "reared to love and embrace violence", I think more than a few of them were raised in an atmosphere of violence. Tyson certainly was.
: they are made slaves to their masters...Don King is a slave master,
He's just another business shark with watertight contracts up his sleeve. If the boxers aren't clever enough to read them before signing, then it's tough. The world doesn't exist for the benefit of the stupid.
: It is also my opinion that boxing is fixed and has been since the 1970's, can I prove this, no.....but that is how I feel....
As before, it's an opinion. Can't prove it, can't disprove it. You could hang that tag on many sports though.
: why do you think that Tyson is a violent ear biting rapist...because he is a psycho....he may have done all of those things without boxing, but we will never know,
So what are you saying? Is boxing to blame or not?
: I certainly don't think that boxing served as an outlet for his violent expressions, more so as a catalyst for his rage....
Boxing isn't there to be an outlet for violence. The fact that violence is involved is incidental.
: I don't think Boxing should be banned, as two adults hitting each other is their business
So what was the point of saying that there should be an end to boxing?
: however, shame on all of us americans who pay countless dollars to support this industry
That will be the boxing fans - I wasn't aware that boxing had government funding.
: to quote the simpsons"just don't look"......maybe it will go away
Why not try it? Your reasoning is knee-jerk and your conclusions are muddled. Find some other soapbox to shout from.
Jim