Boxer in critical condition
A Mexican boxer in Montreal for something called a GYM Gala was knocked out so hard that she is in critical condition.
Couple of things strike me here.
That we still have a sport where people are encouraged to fight and knock out total strangers against whom they have no beef is kind of amazing. Of course people are going to be injured doing this, what do you think?
That we still have international sports meetings with physical proximity in the fourth wave of a pandemic is almost equally insane.
And, dare I say it, of course women want access to the same privileges as men, but having the privilege to punch the daylights out of other women in a ring is one that I don’t think we needed to aspire to.
Jeff 10:21 on 2021-08-30 Permalink
I tried a bunch of different sports as a kid, but the only one I really enjoyed, and the one that stuck with me was kickboxing. I just love fighting. Some of my favourite memories from my days in the gym were the ones where I was fighting and got hit, and I have a unique bond with the people who sparred with me. It’s something I can’t really explain. Maybe its something deep within a fighter that drives them. I can understand why the fighters do it, but like you said, it’s kind of sick that we pay people to give and receive permanent brain damage for entertainment. I don’t patronize UFC or professional boxing anymore because I feel like the fighters are exploited. These people, even when they don’t get carried out on a stretcher, are sent back to their families, to raise their kids, with serious, permanent physiologial problems.
Jack 11:13 on 2021-08-30 Permalink
I had the exact opposite experience. My Dad got transferred to California 52 years ago and immediately set me up in the Boy’s Club Boxing program. I was 9, they weighed me, ( I was a big kid ! ) taught me some rudiments. A week later I was sparring with a 13 year old Mexican kid with a mustache. He hit me so many times that falling backwards was my best option, so I did that till he got tired. I went home and made a scene and told my Dad I did not like getting punched in the face and I wasn’t going back. He said ok but you are going to play football, helmets seemed like a better option.
I feel for that lady, apparently her purse for that fight was $1800.00.
steph 11:44 on 2021-08-30 Permalink
Many fighting sports are illigal. Boxing is legal because of the gloves: R. v. M.A.F.A “140 grams in mass protect the combatants from serious harm” & “adequate safety standards are met.”. I think it’s time to update the law.
Nick 11:58 on 2021-08-30 Permalink
We could all just stay in the womb until the final week of pregnancy then get aborted so we never have to face any of life’s ugliness.
Jack 15:38 on 2021-08-30 Permalink
Life is a flat circle.