Actor Sly Stallone -- 'Rocky' Balboa if you will -- told Reuters that boxing's image is worse now than it ever has been. The image, he explains, was damaged by bad-boy fighters like Mike Tyson and a lack of young talent. "I don't know if it's bad management or whatever, or the cream is not rising to the top, but you'd have to think that boxing is a reflection of the promoters," says the 60-year-old Stallone. "I wanted to create an awareness for boxing again because it had gone downhill."
According to the article, the sport has been in decline for years. Fewer young athletes are taking up the sport, and critics say it can cause brain damage from repeated blows to the head.
So boxing has an image problem? No kidding.
Boxing is the only sport I can think of that encourages two people to exchange blows with one another in order to earn points. I don't care if they are wearning protective head gear and boxing gloves, the thought of any kind of fighting -- even a legalized version of it -- turns my stomach. Further, I think it encourages more violence.
Perhaps if they stopped using humans as punching bags, the sport wouldn't have such a bad image.
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