Boxing shouldn't be banned since it has the same number of risks as any other sport. Others may view boxing as this violent and extreme sport but it’s the same as any other, every sport has its own risks and dangers those who do box, understand the risks and do their best to be careful. Although many believe there are many dangers or that it is barbaric, boxing should not be banned because there are other sports such as football, basketball and hockey with the same amount of risks as boxing and the athletes who do box know the risks of the sport.
Boxing is a sport that shouldn’t be banned since it's just like any other sport. Sure, boxing has its own risks, but every other sport also has their own risks. In source G, Dr. Adrian Whiteson, chief medical officer for the British Boxing Board says that boxing is one of the safest sport. It proves my claim because Whiteson who is chief medical officer for the British Boxing Board said that boxing is one of the safest sport, so any other sport may be considered more dangerous than boxing. It answers the essay question because boxing wouldn’t need to be banned if it’s one of the saftest sports.
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Watching the sport may feel like you’re in the ring boxing yourself. A quote in the story “The Fight” by Hazlitt says, “The crowd was very great...open carriages were coming up, with streamers flying.” In the same story another quote says, “the fate of the battle was suspended. No one could tell how it would end.” Both quotes prove that many enjoy boxing because the crowd was excited to be there watching the fight since they had streamers flying. Some people in the crowd may have felt as they were the ones boxing, they were invested into the fight as they didn’t know how it would end. This connects to the thesis by showing that boxing gives excitement and thrill to the people watching the