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11/01/2005 Archived Entry: "Play Ball-Should We Ban Boxing?"
Should We Ban Boxing?
The usual arguments against the "sweet science" cut many ways.
by Mark Galli
[Editor's note: Galli is managing editor of Christianity Today, where this article appeared on 10/28/2005. It can be read in its entirety by clicking on "Read More" and the link that follows.]
After the tragic September death of U.S. boxer Levander Johnson from brain injuries suffered in a lightweight title fight, an editorial La Civilta Cattolica, an influential Jesuit magazine, condemned professional boxing as "a form of legalized attempted murder."
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Replies: 2 Comments on this article
Boxing is no more violent than other sports, and it gets kids off the streets into the gym and allows them to learn a trade. With the record the catholic priests have established they're probably far safer in the gym that having a pedophile preiest look in on him...The pot should stop calling the kettle black...
Posted by Rusty Rubin @ 11/02/2005 02:46 PM EST
It was another day and another time when my first boxing coach was a very genuine tough guy out of Chicago and also a Catholic priest..We used to have smokers in the church basement and we had a crack amateur team..That was then.. I learned a lot from this priest. Besides the correct footwork and delivery of a left hook, I learned that it takes much more Balls to be a good man then it does to be a crook or a thug.Much More..I also learned that I must think on my own, beyond what they wish or want me to think..This Priest and boxing helped me to stand alone,to break away from the crowd, to be someone.. They sure don't make a priest like they used to.. And this is now, fruiter priests and closed Catholic schools, churchs, one disgrace after another... I would ask anyone with a search engine to look up Bishop Schiel of Chicago who founded the CYO and was instumental in starting the Golden Gloves..When questioned about his involvement with boxing replied; "It would be nice if young people were more interested in some gentler recreation such as checkers, but they are not, some activity must be given them that is a true alternative to the gangs and the streets"...Thanks for reading this..Fred Ryan, Grand Avenue Boxing Club, Portland
Posted by grandavenuegym@aol.com">Freddy Ryan @ 11/02/2005 01:47 AM EST
