People always bring up the "contact sports" thing (citing that brain damage can easily occur in sports like football, hockey, ect as well, which is true). I don't really buy into that argument and I don't see how it's hypocritical of ESPN because boxing isn't a "contact sport", it's a fight sport (along with MMA) where the sole purpose is to give your opponent a brain injury.

Too many times us boxing fans want to look at boxing with rose colored glasses and focus only on the glamorous things in the sport, but in the end it's a very nasty sport that has lead many men to an early grave, or at the very least a horrible quality of life after they retire.

You gotta take with the good with the bad. Abdusalamov's injury was a real tragedy, so you can't blame people for telling his story. His story should be told, it's a reminder of how dangerous boxing really is.