The Death of Boxing?

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I still can't see how it is more dangerous than rugby. I posed rugby quite a bit and US footy a little and loved the fact I had pads on. Made me feel safe!

I can't stop comparing it in my head like pro boxing and amateur boxing with head guards and bigger gloves!

Here's a VERY simplified analogy for Rugby anf Football.

In boxing's bare knuckle days how were punches thrown? Straight and designed to cut as much as anything else. Why? Because the bare human hand couldn't handle anything else.

Add wraps and gloves and now what happens? The hook and the uppercut are developed and punches are thrown to crash home on bone, not to scrape and cut. The hand now has "padding" which enables the creation of more violent techniques.

Football is also far more violent simply because blocking is allowed. You have 14-16 men crashing together as hard as they can on every play BEFORE people begin getting after the ballcarrier.