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A large, majority of boxers were once young, aggressive juveniles who built up for themselves reputations of being accomplished street fighters, and therefore were in this way noticed by local professional talent scouts. After the scouts had made a name for the young boxer, they began to earn a lot of money. However they were conned because when they reach the age of eighteen their managers automatically earn twenty five percent of all the boxer’s income. In this essay I am going to discuss the pros and cons of boxing. The British Medical Association has repeatedly called for a ban on boxing or a removal of the head from the permitted target areas. A body of medical evidence is building up to suggest that even if a boxer survives individual bouts relatively unmarked, the cumulative effect of a career in boxing can lead to a greater susceptibility to diseases such as Parkinson's. Although the risk of injury is much higher in sports such as basketball, rugby or horse riding, the risk of serious injury in boxing is far greater. In fact, that risk is so great that boxing should be banned. A ban, quite simply, would mean fewer people dead, injured or permanently brain damaged and because of this I personally think that boxing should be banned. The BBC website claims that unlike any other sport, it is the intention of boxers to physically injure their opponents by knockout or by exploiting cuts around the eyes. It is barbaric that in the modern age we allow people to intentionally inflict injuries upon others for the sake of public entertainment and private profit.
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