Saying things like "well you can get brain damage in other sports too" is such a chicken-sh!t, cop out answer IMO.

Boxing (and MMA) are the only sports where the object is to give someone brain damage. Thats the truth. You can watch football without seeing a bone jarring hit, and no one will care. You can watch hockey without a bodycheck or a fight and no one will care.

When someone doesn't get hurt in boxing, we call it boring. Its not interesting to watch. People watch boxing to see people get hurt, and boxers step in the ring to hurt their opponent. There is no two ways about it. The guys who box with the correct philosophy, to hit and not get hit, people find boring.

Thats why in a way, and it pains me to say this because I love boxing, I think MMA (ufc, ect) is probably the wave of the future because there is much less punishment taken to the head.