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Recently Frontline, publi
ffairs progr m n the public
te evi ion tations ired a pro
gram titled Boxing: Down For
The Count. mon th b xing
tr edies depicted were Johnny
Owen, chamption hip fighter
killed in the ring in 1980, and
the more than thirty fighter
killed i the ring ince 1980.
They showed Stew rd Darden
p raJyzed and no in a heel
chair. They showed the great
uhamm d Ali, contr sting his
lurred peech now with cle r
f t, itty line of a decade
ago. He . p thetic figure,
bloated f ce, roping for each
rd rationalizing hi condit
ion ith the alibi that hi chil
dren h v million put a ay
for th m and their future.
It noted that there h ve
been hearings in Congre about
oxing for virtually every on
ithout ignificant r ult. Sena
tor E t efauver probed
boxing in the 50s and in 19 5
it's Congre man Pat Williams.
hat are the eneral changes
that the hearings want to
chi ? They ant national
or nization that develops na
tional rul and regulatio that
will go m aliSO tate; that
ill provide reliabl information
bout box rs,
ean hiJ , th re are many
outright opponents to the 0-
called port of boxin. The
rican, Can dian, and World
dical ociation want it
b nned entirely. Howard Co 11,
the noted bo ing commentator,
recently made the deci ion to
divorce him If entirely from
ny involvem nt with b ing.
In ddition h went t the
U.S. Conare to argue against
the port. Sweden and orway
have Ire dy banned boxing.
nd C II predicts that Great
Britain and Canad will oon
follow uit. The and other
very creditable enemies of box
ing claim it is morally wrong
and medically rong.
edical research indicate
that 87% of all fighters uffer
measurable brain d mage. Ex
fighters are recognizably
"punch-drunk", disfigured by
numerou cut and bruise
adorned with pu nose and
uliflower ears and handi ap
ped with IUTTed speech. Unseen
damage not only happen to
their brain, but to their kidneys
and othe internal organ. All of
thi for a profes ional career .
th t verages only five years.
Other social activist cite the
fact that boxing, one of all
the port, h its purpose
to inflict great bodiJy h rm
bet een its opponent. Phy
chologist indicate that it incites
agression in its participants,
and in tho who view the port
in person, in film or on tele
vi ion. In turn, this motivated
agre jon heighten violence in
the total community.
But it i its phy ical violence
that mo t feel reprehensible.
In 1982 the then champion Ray
ancini fought bitter fight
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with South Korean. Doo ou
Kim. Kim died a a result of
the .ght. A month I ter Kim's
mother committ d uicide. Then
there" Sugar Ray Seales, for
mer Olympic ch mpion and pro
fessional fighter n w permanent
ly blind. And Hilmer Kenty
ex-lightweight hampion and
Sugar Ray Leonard, former
Olympic 'and profession I
welterweight champion who
both have suffer detached
retinas and have retired from
the ring.
The hard-core proponent of
boxing claim it ke ps ghetto
youth off the streets and teaches
, them di ipline. And despite
the fact that most fighter
, end up broke. proponents al
say that b xing i a financial
ladder of ucce for me.
It provide a dream of acclaim
and acceptance for som who
could not find these in ot r
sport or through more normal
avenues.
Marine Pfc. S. GREGORY
DORO , son of. Don ld G.
Dorow of Lakecrest Tower,
South Haven, MI, has com
pleted recruit training at Marine
Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego.
He w introduced to th
typic J daily routin that he
will expert nee during hi en
listment and tudi d the per
sonal nd profe ional t ndard
traditionally exhibited by
arine .
A 1979 raduate of L.C.
ohr High Sch l, he joined
the Marine Corp in Octob r
1984.
e CO
The injurie in b xing are
often compared to induries in
ports, notably footb 11,
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