Doctors KO youth boxing.

I started boxing young and can honestly say, it probably saved my life and gave me tools for life. It kept me out of trouble and gave me something to work toward. I would also say that the fighters who start young usually develop better fundementals if taught properly, and ultimately take less damage down the road. That said,kids shouldnt even be sparring till they have learned the proper fundementals.

 

That article is wrong. Any sport poses danger.

 

it's valid argument. Not sure what the right opinion is.

 

I think that the kind of young men who are interest in boxing are best served in a gym environment surrounded by knowledgeable older men who care about their welfare. These boys/young men are not exactly gonna sit on the couch if you take their sport away and you can be damn sure they'll end up doing something stupid/dangerous.

Totally agree about other contact sports. Where I grew up we all played Rugby League. I remember breaking peoples legs, hips, arms. Took about a dozen teeth out of some kid with my head once, plus all the fights (without the protective equipment ) and all the concussions given and received. Boxing is safer than several other contact sports.


Interesting that we hear about potential brain damage from boxing/contact sports but another dire injury is never spoken about. Broken growth plates. Break the growth plates which are the ends of your bones and they wont grow properly.

I ran into a guy I played footy against as a kid (i broke his leg badly), turns out his growth plate (bottom end of femur) was broken badly and 15 years later, 7 operations later he still walks with a limp and has permanant pain in his back and hips. There are thousands of examples of this kind of thing but its not trendy enough to study or report to the media.

 

i got ****ed up way more playing soccer than when i started boxing. I had ligament damage on my knees and messed up ankles playing soccer. Most i got from boxing was some bruised eyes and ribs.

 

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Sorry brahs I love boxing just as much as you, but as a medical student I could write a pretty long post explaining why the article is right. The injuries in other sports are severe also, but they largely concern the body. Some sports have concussion cases sometimes but there's a difference between 3/4 concussions in a career and repeated trauma to the head over many years.

 

Some kid died playing video games a while back. Everything has its risks (and rewards).

 

It's ok, most people don't understand it.