erved as proof of manhood. Theproblem has slowly evolved from a national to an international conflict. Anincreased death and brain damage rate triggered this worthless actiontowards the removal of professional boxing. This was just temporary. Slight changes within league rules, such as weight class regulations andsoftening of boxing gloves, soon decreased the already low health-damagingrates back to legal standards. Anybody who believes that there should be acomplete elimination of the sport really needs to put things in perspective. In terms of numbers, I am almost one-hundred percent certain thatthe number of deaths caused in other sports is much higher. Consider thehigh-intensity and extremely tragic catastrophes seen in motor sports alone. Not to mention air sports, mountain and rock climbing, and the handful ofball games. The intervention of our own personal risk and danger is our ownliberty. On the other hand, I certainly agree we have to prevent peoplefrom taking risks that they are ignorant about. There are numerous otherareas where consenting adults take risks and harm each other, such assmoking or drinking alcohol. Where are the people arguing for theircriminalization? In much similarity to other illegal industries such ashardcore pornography and the never ending war on drug dealing and druguse, a ban on boxing would force it to go underground, making it moredangerous, much like the new hit blockbuster movie, Fight Club, a classicdisplay of our true human instincts. Boxing is not so much a sport, notmerely a game as it is, like drama itself, a way of life(Oates & Halpern,259). Besides, the demand for professional boxing in the Unites States isup there with the other sport elites. The boxing industry is one of thehighest revenue making sports that exists today. What would a ban do tothe tourist industry for urban cities like Las Vegas or Atlantic City? Some of the greatest athletes this planet has seen in the tw...
