| A. Watching a boxing match gives them an outlet for this aggression. B. I am personally not at all in favor of aggressive sports like boxing. C. In my personal opinion, boxing can be so thrilling that many people dare not to have a try. D. Professional boxers are much more at risk than their amateur counterparts. E. Furthermore, studies have shown that there are often long-term effects of boxing F. It is likely to threaten personal safety of people. |
Boxing is a popular sport that many people seem to be fascinated by. Newspaper, magazines and sports programmes on TV frequently cover boxing matches. Professional boxers earn a lot of money, and successful boxers are treated as big heroes.
It seems to me that people, especially men, find it appealing because it is an aggressive sport. When they watch a boxing match, they can identify with the winning boxer, and this gives them the feeling of being a winner themselves. It is a fact that many people have feeling of aggression from time to time, but they cannot show their aggression in their everyday lives.
However, there is a negative side to boxing. Although boxers wear gloves during the fights, and amateur boxers even have to wear helmets, there have frequently been accident in both professional and amateur boxing, sometimes with dramatic consequences. Boxers have suffered from head injuries, and occasionally, fighters have even been killed as a result of being knocked out in the ring. Sometimes even if a boxer has never been knocked out, he might have suffered severe brain damage without knowing it.
I think it would be better if less time was given to aggressive sports on TV, and we welcomed more men and women from non-aggressive sports as our heroes and heroines in our society. I believe that the world is aggressive enough already! Of course, people like competitive sports, and so do I, but I think that hitting other people in an aggressive way is not something that should be regarded as a sport.
