Boxing is making a comeback! Should it?

Ralphy1

Ralphy1

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Yes, with the big Mayweather fight being hyped, and the price way up to watch it, NBC is starting up a boxing program to also cash in, so it looks like boxing may come back in a big way. Methinks that this type of violence should be boycotted and that you should not watch it either...
 

I've never understood the allure of watching two sweaty men wearing skimpy clothing pounding the daylights out of each other. Needless to say I won't watch it.
 
It's never interested me.. and seems quite barbaric.. but there is HUGE money to be made.. purses are in the millions. So there is a draw for it for sum reason, and as long as the money is there, there will be people who won't mind getting their brains rattled.
 

Combat sports have been a part of mankind since Ug and Og first squared off in the cave - they arent likely to disappear any time soon. Add to that the mixed martial arts, wrestling, football and hockey (violence wth padding) and such and you have spectator sports that people want.
 
Yes, other than advances in communication and transportation we have not progressed that far from the cave when it comes to violent behavior...
 
The people who sit ringside drooling and excitedly looking for the first sign of blood are the sickest of all involved, the others get paid to participate.
It is brutal and one would think mankind had advanced beyond the barbaric.
 
I don't know, this comes at the same time that the UFC now has a bona fide superstar in Rhonda Rousey grabbing headlines. Ironically I thought the UCF was on the verge of peaking especially with recent steroid scandals. Scandal dragged down boxing for decades.

I always liked to watch amateur boxing, the bouts were shorter, the action is much more crisp. There was a time I couldn't wait for the Olympics in which boxing would be one of the events.

Even though the up coming bout is a mega star fight they are still old names. If this bought is a dud stick the fork in professional boxing.
 
Ralphy1 said:
Yes, other than advances in communication and transportation we have not progressed that far from the cave when it comes to violent behavior...
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Very true. I guess it's better they find ways to control and contain it to certain arenas, I'm not sure you can cure what comes natural to so many, you may tame, but it still there. Viewing and getting enjoyment out of such sports isn't for me, but we all have a beast within, some of us just don't have to work hard at containing it.
 
Our first TV, the fight night by Gillette, was the big event for the week. My grandparents would come over and we would all sit around and watch Sugar Ray Robinson beat the stuffing out his guy. I have no interest in the fights anymore and like everything else, it is too commercialized.
 
This era of enlightenment that we live in is unique, and a relatively recent development. It's also fragile, and not likely to continue if things "go south" for humanity. The martial arts are brutal, we humans are all capable of deadly violence. Nothing's changed, just the thin veneer of civility.
 
WhatInThe said:
I don't know, this comes at the same time that the UFC now has a bona fide superstar in Rhonda Rousey grabbing headlines. Ironically I thought the UCF was on the verge of peaking especially with recent steroid scandals. Scandal dragged down boxing for decades.
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She just has to stop with those 14-second wins! ;)
 
tnthomas said:
This era of enlightenment that we live in is unique, and a relatively recent development. It's also fragile, and not likely to continue if things "go south" for humanity. The martial arts are brutal, we humans are all capable of deadly violence. Nothing's changed, just the thin veneer of civility.
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Very, very true. We've had so many instances of that veneer cracking over the years, but we put it out of our minds and return to our fantasy worlds.
 
AZ Jim said:
The people who sit ringside drooling and excitedly looking for the first sign of blood are the sickest of all involved, the others get paid to participate.
It is brutal and one would think mankind had advanced beyond the barbaric.
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I've worked out in gyms with boxing and to see injured faces up close and personal after sparring or competition is enough to turn me off from ring side seats. The blood is the most unsettling but even the welts aren't too pretty. It looks different on tv but when they are several feet away from you it's not just blood or swelling it's ouch! Tell you what the boxers themselves seem to love it or take in stride. I've seen women suck up the sport like a vacuum. They can live and walk the talk.

Which brings to the UFC's Rousey. Those 14 second to one minute fights keep her pretty and she can promote the sport looking like a fitness model. Even she admits it extends her career the less damage she takes. But I don't how long the public could tolerate bloodied women's faces if her and other women's fights become knock down drag out affairs.
 
I used to listen to the fights on the radio with my dad in the early 50s. We talked about the fights, the fighters a lot and I loved it. I still do and I'm sure I could really get into it but my husband doesn't like boxing at all and he thinks it's barbaric. I still remember the names of those men and I've read biographies and autobiographies of theirs. I'm sure it all started because I loved my dad and loved spending time with him.

 
I am not a fan of it at all, I cannot see it as 'Sport' when it means hitting someone until they either are knocked out or don't get to hit back as well.
 

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