ok, maybe boxing did not cause Ali's parkinsons, but i have seen plenty of "punch drunk" brain damaged ones.

Question

here's my question, and i know i'm gonna get bashed for it..life is short enough, why jeopardize it by letting some body hit you in the head for 10 rounds or so?...a female boxer just died recently in the ring, many more male boxers have died in the ring..I know,,steve irwin died doing what he loved, but he's just as dead....I'll hope for and settle with dying of old age with most of my facilities, after having enjoyed many years with family, friends and the world... so, go ahead, bashers, let me have it..tell me where i'm wrong...justify risking life's for others entertainment..

Answer 1

Bejabbers2003 ~
You're in a usually pro-boxing forum what do you expect? I'm not here to bash you or anyone else, I just want to offer my opinion and maybe or maybe not help someone out. Boxing indeed isn't for everyone, just like Tennis, Basketball or Baseball isn't for everyone. Sure there have been some deaths in boxing and yes each one was tragic. I wonder Bejabbers2003 do you think Dale Earnhardt Sr. would have changed his life in any way? Do you think he would have sat back and "Settled" I don't think so.
You mention Steve Irwin, did you know that Steve said "If I die, I want to die doing this, what I love and I hope that it will be caught on film." Do you think he would have just "Settled"?
There are more deaths per year from horseback riding than there are from boxing. There are more emergency room visits per year for skateboarding than boxing, football combined. I know you're probably going to bring up the long term effects and yes there are many cases of Pugilistic Dementia (Brain Damage} among retired boxers, but who knows what the future holds for each one of us? My youngest brother never boxed, never smoked or did any drugs he was a pretty straight laced kid and he was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq, but a week before his death we recieved his final letter home and in it he wrote "I can't imagine being anywhere else at this time, I'm scared and I'm finding hard to sleep, I really don't think I'm going to make it home, but I'm doing what I love with the men I love" Do you think he would have just settled? I know he wouldn't.
I respect your opinion Bejabbers2003 but if you never laced up a glove and been in the best shape of your life and looked across the ring and saw someone just as determined and ready as you, you won't get.
Thanks for the question Bejabbers2003.

Answer 2

Once you become a contender - you have lived, eaten, and breathed boxing for a good 10 to 20 years. It's what you do - you are a boxer. You hit people for a living, and the excitement of getting in the ring just isn't easily found elsewhere.

So you've been at or near the top for a good ten years, getting a rush from getting in the ring (plus the cheering fans and TV coverage and the $$$), so at 40 you retire - to what? Commentary? Equity markets? Product endorsements? To them all excitement vanished the last time the gloves came off and it's all downhill from there. Once you're no longer a boxer - what are you then?

If there's still a chance, they'll try to recapture the old spark, the glory, see what's left in the tank. These people spend hours finding out what they've got, and so another time in the ring is nothing new to them, Foreman, Holyfield, Holmes, Ali, all of them.

Retiring at 40 and knowing nothing will ever quicken your pulse the same way as fight night can be too much to handle for those who got everything they ever wanted from the sweet science.

Answer 3

Not every one is meet for Boxing.Every thing in life is full of Risk
Car Raceing, Robby,Police job,Soldiers(ARMY).Human do what they love despite the consequence. A Pilot to mension a few. This what life is all about.
There are Boxer who are will to accept punches no matter what. They know how to give and take. Those Boxer as Ali have brain damaged and are always WINNERS. But Boxer who like to give and not to take are always LOSERS. So most of the losers hardly have brain Damaged because they give up at first round.

The Skull is the strongest bone in the human body because the Brain is a Fragile part of the human body.As a boxer the more you train the skull and brain are used to those heavy impact and vibration and this made the skull of a boxer more stronger and have much more resistance than a Non- Boxer.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Boxing is a job, a well pid one considering that some of the best fightersnever finished high school. What would you rather they do walk the streets and rob people. They know the dangers everytime they walk into the ring, but this is how they feed their families. Coal mining is a much more dangerous job, but it doesn't stop people from becoming coal miners because the money is good.

Answer 6

Maybe boxing didn't cause Ali's parkinsons but it certainly didn't do anything to prevent it. My old tae kwan do teacher had always maintained that being in good shape and working out will help prevent health problems but the actual fighting can only cause harm. He should know he works out everyday but has permanent leg, rib, back and hand injuries from years of fighting.

Have you ever heard of a professional boxer who lived to be 100 and won the Nobel or cured cancer after having boxed for years?

Answer 7

okay, try this one hero......do you wanna get shot in an alley or have a heart attack?? or die doing what you love? cops die in the line of duty, firemen die also, as do boxers, and any other martial arts expert. so, would you rather sit in your little cubicle all day and get fat and eventually die of "old age"? or while we all fight, stay in great shape, travel around the world, and make millions and "possibly" die from a blow to the head someday? Choice is yours but i also speak for all the other boxers out there so GO POUND SAND you overweight white collar dork!!!

Answer 8

i'm not going to bash you but my advice is if that is your thought about boxing then don't watch it.

boxers knew what danger they are facing before going on top the ring and its their choice. Things happen for a reason and it depends on the person what he/she makes out of it.

Answer 9

well duh hes just as dead good point but he had parkinsons because of boxing