The First Fire Of The Winter …
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Khandro said elsewhere //The great Henry Cooper ran a boxing club for youngsters in the East End & he said, say what you like about boxing, but none of these lads are to be found on the streets mugging old ladies. //
Kids who play football or do gymnastics aren't to be found on the streets mugging old ladies either so that's not valid a defence specific to a sport that has opponents bashing seven bells out of one another.
So, is it brutal, is it barbaric, and should it be banned?
No best answer has yet been selected by naomi24. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I hate watching huge men try to bash each other's brains out. With their physicality and determination there are other sports they would excel at.
Even the smaller guys and women are trying to hurt each other and they could excel at other sports.
I totally agree with your second paragraph in your OP, Naomi.