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Why Boxing Should Be Banned
What does the United States need to do in order to prevent these tragic deaths caused by boxing? There has been a continuous debate throughout the world on whether or not boxing should be banned. Some people have argued that boxing should be banned because of the horrific results from the fatal blows in the head that can lead to fatalities as well as serious brain injuries that appear later on to the boxer’s life. According to The Washington Post, since the year of 2002, 361 amateur and professional boxers have died from boxing related injuries (“Boxing-Related Deaths: [Final Edition]”). On November 20, 2009 a devastating event occurred. According to The New York Times, after a 10 round close boxing match, Francisco Rodriguez took a critical punch to his head, knocking him down to the ground and out of the match with a serious head injury. Rodriguez was knocked out of conscious and the ambulance came barreling through the crowd and leaving his brother, wife and child scared to death. Four hours later, with his brother by his side in the hospital, the doctors pronounced Francisco Rodriguez dead from a brain injury caused by the punch, leaving his wife a widow and his kid without a dad. After his preventable death they were able to determine that he suffered from a brain hemorrhage (“Despite Brutality and Death, Boxing Retains Its Allure”). It is imperative that the United States bans boxing so we can stop all of these preventable deaths and long-term injuries that the participants receive.
Boxing is a sport that generally involves two participants within similar weight range who fight each other using their hands. It is regulated nowadays with a certain amount of minutes per interval or round. They have also improved the restrictions with protective gear, such as improving the padded gloves to reduce injury that the regulations now require all boxers to wear when they fight. The winner is determined by a knockout or by the judges’
What does the United States need to do in order to prevent these tragic deaths caused by boxing? There has been a continuous debate throughout the world on whether or not boxing should be banned. Some people have argued that boxing should be banned because of the horrific results from the fatal blows in the head that can lead to fatalities as well as serious brain injuries that appear later on to the boxer’s life. According to The Washington Post, since the year of 2002, 361 amateur and professional boxers have died from boxing related injuries (“Boxing-Related Deaths: [Final Edition]”). On November 20, 2009 a devastating event occurred. According to The New York Times, after a 10 round close boxing match, Francisco Rodriguez took a critical punch to his head, knocking him down to the ground and out of the match with a serious head injury. Rodriguez was knocked out of conscious and the ambulance came barreling through the crowd and leaving his brother, wife and child scared to death. Four hours later, with his brother by his side in the hospital, the doctors pronounced Francisco Rodriguez dead from a brain injury caused by the punch, leaving his wife a widow and his kid without a dad. After his preventable death they were able to determine that he suffered from a brain hemorrhage (“Despite Brutality and Death, Boxing Retains Its Allure”). It is imperative that the United States bans boxing so we can stop all of these preventable deaths and long-term injuries that the participants receive.
Boxing is a sport that generally involves two participants within similar weight range who fight each other using their hands. It is regulated nowadays with a certain amount of minutes per interval or round. They have also improved the restrictions with protective gear, such as improving the padded gloves to reduce injury that the regulations now require all boxers to wear when they fight. The winner is determined by a knockout or by the judges’
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