And one for you for the thread. This kind of discussion is needed in boxing in order for it to be continued to be accepted as a mainstream sport. Every other sport has indusrty funded/initiated welfare programs why not boxing when it is one of the higher risk sports and draws from the working class cultures where people generally band together to help each other out. I think boxing people are good at this but as an "industry/sport" maybe not so good.
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In truth boxing has less serious career ending injuries to healthy participants then almost every other sport in the long run....Problem with boxing is and always has been that it is a sport of need not want in most cases...guys fight because they need the money at first it is a means to an end so to speak and it is exploited by guys

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Brilliant in principle but would not be practicle...First and prob biggest obstacle would be getting some thing written up that all governing bodies agree with ... they cant even agree on the top ten fighters..

So even with the promoters and boxers backing the governing bodies would still be arguing come armmagedon...

In meantime more accidents tragedy's and so on....

The boxer himself needs his insurance to cover his a** as much as is possible..

Hope this helps a little, but its only as I see it..
The point is not to ask the governing bodies...make it a law and that is that.....if it was as easy as approaching the governing bodies we would have reform already no?

CC for the input