They call boxing "The Sweet Science." And to say that a fighter, a real fighter, thinks about death or injury before a match just proves that you don't understand the mentality of the sport.

Fighters are the modern day warriors, the Ronin of their time. To go into a fight thinking about injury or defeat is to give away the mental advantage. Sure boxing is a extremely physical sport, but to win you must be able to out-think you're opponent, make adjustments in style, and exploit the weaknesses you discover.

Logically, any sport where the object and desired goal is to knock-out your adversary by striking him in the head can open Pandora's box and injury can be the result. But real fighters don't envision that their rival will end up permanently damaged or dead.

Boxing is not tennis, or bowling, but is an excessively physical confrontational sport of aggression. It's not a team sport! It's one on one, with the victor the one that's still standing when the bell rings.

I think that many pioneers of the sport have made many leaps and bounds when it comes to safety issues in boxing. We are light-years beyond the bare-knuckled brawls of the turn on the century.

Fighters are required to have a license to box, this requires a physical to ensure that they have no injuries or medical problems that may cause them to be hurt needlessly.

And they are drug tested to ensure they are not taking substances that would give them an unfair advantage in the contest.

Many referees have been criticized when stopping fights too soon, but I applaud these guardians for the role they play in protecting the fighters from themselves.

A true warrior of the "Squared Circle" will fight on even when their bodies are failing and common sense is overshadowed by the desire to win.

Even though I believe that many important steps have been taken to ensure the safety of the fighters, I believe there are several more that have yet to be acted upon, such as a National unified set of rules that would not be negotiable, and that every boxing commission in every state would have to abide by.

Also I believe that in all sports their exists a certain amount of corruption, and I believe the governing bodies of the boxing federations are inept and shady and I think they should be accountable just like the CEO of a corporation would be accountable.

I think if a few of these bribe-taking, mismatch promoting , ego maniacs were fined or even jailed, that you would see an immediate

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