Boxing: A look at safety and health issues 7 Articles

by Chad Morgan

Boxing has been known as the 'Sport of Kings'. This comes from the acient Roman emperors and kings watching the hand to hand combats that used to take place in the Colisseum. The sport has come along way since those days...read more

by Golf Nut

The brain damage, the cauliflower ears, the pug nose and the cracked ribs are all symptoms of a sport that surely has healthy and safety issues for those who participate. The fact that more than 900 people have died in ...read more

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by Rachel Evans

The animalistic elocution and similes of Norman Mailer set his article apart from any other chronicle portraying the death of Benny Paret or, furthermore, melee. His well-chosen phrasing emphasizes the brutal realities of ...read more

by Frank Lavoine

Because of Parkinson's Disease, and because of boxing, former Heavyweight champion Mohammed Ali had trouble walking and talking when he lit the fire to begin the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. One reason for Ali's decl...read more

by Jim Osborn

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 ...read more

by Ted Sherman

I did some boxing and coached boxers in the Navy. Our highlight achievements were invitations to appear on local TV to participate in some all-service bouts. I won't confess how many years ago this was, but you can guess w...read more

by Rex Coker

The boxing industry has had there share of tragic deaths and health related issues all through the years.The death of Korea's Kim in the middle weight division with Ray "Boom Boom " Mancini in the eighties is one prime ...read more