Catch weight fights. Like them, hate them, don't care, or undecided?

[Britkid]

You are fucking kidding me , right? Seriously , you must be trolling. So it don't matter if a few blokes are Brain damaged as long as a few blokes at the top make serious money?
You talk about justifying the existence of the sport, well if it wasn't for the guys that earn little or no money , the sport would definitely not exist.
The welfare and safety of the boxers, and not just the superstars that you watch has to be the first and foremost priority.
And back to your "Money has to be the Prime motive" drivel, An example, and I don't want to embarrass anyone, is a guy on this forum that you are probably aware of called Tam Seddon. He regularly posts about his fights, and I may be wrong, and if I am , I hope he corrects me, but I would bet my house that his prime motive is not Money. Are you saying he shouldn't be allowed to box?

Is not what you talk about initially, boxing? We enjoy a sport where the ultimate idea is to punch your opponent to the point they are floored and are unable to rise for a ten count.

If you think that is safe in anyway, you are deluded.

Because of this risk, this sport is rightly mainly about money. There is no moral high ground if we want to continue to watch this sport. There is a need to minimize risks, but they are of at most a secondary concern and indeed a by product of the need to make money. That is the blunt truth, which shows you how good this sport is, because I still watch it!

As for Tam Seddon, if he is a pro boxer and his main motive is not money, yes he should be banned.

Pro boxer, semi-pro boxer, amateur boxer, what does it matter? People start in the sport for the competitive edge, desire, will to win, self pride, pure blood and guts. As they proceed, there may be some financial recompense, but unrealistic to make money the Primary motive. Then, if you are exceptionally talented, you might be able to make a humble living, but more likely to mix it in with a part time/ full time job.
And then , if you are lucky you move into title contention and can start making money and thinking about it more.
Finally, if you are really blessed, and everything falls into place, you can make it all about the money. But for every one big money earner, there are thousands , pro and amateur that realistically are there for the guts and glory.

The amateur sport is clearly related to us, but is not pro boxing, at least until the fighters get to the top of the sport and then now directly get paid. Once at that level there clearly is a money motivation.

[Primo Carnera]

You are fucking kidding me , right? Seriously , you must be trolling. So it don't matter if a few blokes are Brain damaged as long as a few blokes at the top make serious money?
You talk about justifying the existence of the sport, well if it wasn't for the guys that earn little or no money , the sport would definitely not exist.
The welfare and safety of the boxers, and not just the superstars that you watch has to be the first and foremost priority.
And back to your "Money has to be the Prime motive" drivel, An example, and I don't want to embarrass anyone, is a guy on this forum that you are probably aware of called Tam Seddon. He regularly posts about his fights, and I may be wrong, and if I am , I hope he corrects me, but I would bet my house that his prime motive is not Money. Are you saying he shouldn't be allowed to box?

Is not what you talk about initially, boxing? We enjoy a sport where the ultimate idea is to punch your opponent to the point they are floored and are unable to rise for a ten count.

If you think that is safe in anyway, you are deluded.

Because of this risk, this sport is rightly mainly about money. There is no moral high ground if we want to continue to watch this sport. There is a need to minimize risks, but they are of at most a secondary concern and indeed a by product of the need to make money. That is the blunt truth, which shows you how good this sport is, because I still watch it!

As for Tam Seddon, if he is a pro boxer and his main motive is not money, yes he should be banned.

Pro boxer, semi-pro boxer, amateur boxer, what does it matter? People start in the sport for the competitive edge, desire, will to win, self pride, pure blood and guts. As they proceed, there may be some financial recompense, but unrealistic to make money the Primary motive. Then, if you are exceptionally talented, you might be able to make a humble living, but more likely to mix it in with a part time/ full time job.
And then , if you are lucky you move into title contention and can start making money and thinking about it more.
Finally, if you are really blessed, and everything falls into place, you can make it all about the money. But for every one big money earner, there are thousands , pro and amateur that realistically are there for the guts and glory.

The amateur sport is clearly related to us, but is not pro boxing, at least until the fighters get to the top of the sport and then now directly get paid. Once at that level there clearly is a money motivation.

Us?

[Britkid]

Us?

As a fan of professional boxing, rather than amateur boxing.