Do You Like Professional Boxing?

When you think about how far some of us have gone and how primitive others are there is a remarkable chasm between. Jonas Salk and the time to learn about and find a way to stop the spread of Polio on the one end of the polarity. On the other men in a ring trying to knock another unconscious. No, I don't like boxing, cage fighting etc. and I believe it brings out in otherwise decent humans an animal not pleasant to see.
 
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" Raging Bull" is one of my favorite movies of all time and I used to watch wrestling with my sons. As far as watching regular blood-letting nah I can see the news.
 

I don't like professional boxing at all, but I remember my father watching some fights on TV when I was a kid. My husband and I did get into going to some professional wrestling matches back in the day when Greg Gagne, Andre the Giant, Nick Bockwinkle, the Valiant Bros. and others were in the ring. We lost our amusement pretty quickly, but it was an experience being in the crowd. Hubby still watches some ultimate fighting matches on cable TV sometimes, but not too often.
 
After my 6 years as a young man doing "police beat" photo journalism in Southern California, I saw everything one human can do to another. After you see as much horror and gore as I did, you don't have much reason to watch people intentionally inflicting injury upon another for "sport". Man never seems to be far from the violence of the caveman era.
 
AZ Jim said:
After my 6 years as a young man doing "police beat" photo journalism in Southern California, I saw everything one human can do to another. After you see as much horror and gore as I did, you don't have much reason to watch people intentionally inflicting injury upon another for "sport". Man never seems to be far from the violence of the caveman era.
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If you believe that Southern California is " everything one human can do to another" you are a lucky man.
 
AZ Jim said:
After my 6 years as a young man doing "police beat" photo journalism in Southern California, I saw everything one human can do to another. After you see as much horror and gore as I did, you don't have much reason to watch people intentionally inflicting injury upon another for "sport". Man never seems to be far from the violence of the caveman era.
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I too have seen my share of brutality & gore but with boxing I see stamina/speed/dexterity/power/confidence/
 
I followed boxing for many years. Enjoyed all weight classes. Sort of lost interest after M. Ali quit. and Howard Cosell dropped out. Never quite the same or so I thought.
 
I neither like nor dislike professional boxing. I don't watch professional boxing. I have nothing against it, I simply have no interest. Like all professional sports it looks to be show biz with a lot of hype and bluster to attract attention and bring in all those advertising dollars. It has for a number of years been jumped on by the crusaders who claim it is brutal and inhumane. There was a time when it was, but it appears now to be well regulated with the welfare of the fighters closely monitored. There is some evidence that it has a tendency toward head injury and maybe head gear should be used. That would probably eliminate the KO and make all bouts determined by points. On the plus side it would also eliminate those 30 second bouts after weeks of hype. On the negative side, it would be like NASCAR with no wrecks. That would probably disappoint a lot of fans and cut into profits. It involves a lot of gambling, but the public's attitude toward that lately has been that gambling is socially acceptable.
 
I remember sitting down with my Dad on Friday nights and watching the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, but were mostly boxing matches on Fridays. I saw some pretty good fights back then and I believe all weight classes were shown. My Grandfather came to this country as a Greek immigrant and was a professional wrestler, who later turned to boxing after being injured. I guess he was pretty good because he had earned enough money to start out in the restaurant business and ended up owning 4 or 5, (depending on who is telling the story), and was very profitable doing so.

I also remember watching the fight the night between Benny "The Kid" Paret and Emile Griffith that Paret should have won, but Griffith was saved by the bell. In I believe the last round, Griffith unloaded on Peret and knocked him out of the ring and out cold, as well. Several days later, Peret died after being in a coma for several days. I also watched many of Ali's fights (who didn't ?) and especially enjoyed watching the first fight between an out of shape Ali and Leon Spinks. Ali had many really great fights in his career. Liston, Frazier and Foreman are among the few I watched.

Boxing is a combination of skill, endurance, strength and commitment. My all time favorite boxer was Sugar Ray Leonard. He came across as a great fighter and a man with class.
 
Anybody remember the Friday night fights sponsored by Gilette? I can still sing the ditty to their commercials...
 
Ralphy1 said:
Anybody remember the Friday night fights sponsored by Gilette? I can still sing the ditty to their commercials...
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Hey Ralphy1,

Thanks for the memory. Yes I do and it was a long time ago because it was not the TV version mentioned in another post. It was the radio version. I was 5 years old and being raised by my aunt and uncle. My uncle was a hard working farmer. On Friday nights, he would sitin his rocker and tune the big console radio to the fights. He would take off his work boots and sit back. My place was with Brownie, the dog, laying on the floor. Like I said, uncle Frank was a hard worker and when he took his work boots off.....it was real bad there at floor level. When that happened it coincided with the radio playing the Gillette jingle. "Look sharp and feel sharp, too. Get the razor that's made for you...." I still have an active connection to the jingle and the aroma. Usually, near the end of the first round, Brownie and I would head for the kitchen so we could breathe.
 
Cannot stand boxing and hate wrestling even more. But I do like karate and martial arts.
 

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