Reply #9: Nope.

[H2O Man]

It's not. I'm not being disrespectful, but rather, speaking as someone who is more familiar with the sport -- including both the good and the bad -- than anyone you will meet in your life.

There is definitely a degree of risk associated with boxing. However, it is far safer than almost any other sport. Statistics show, for example, that people are more likely to die playing football or golf, than boxing. And far more people sustain serious injuries participating in cheerleading, than in boxing.

Boxing is the art of self-defense. The onject is to hit, without getting hit. And, among ring deaths, the vast majority areactually the result of something that is supposed to protect boxers, but which actually poses a risk. I'll be curious to see if you can identify what that is.