Can making boxing a scholastic sport bring it back to where it was?

I'm not an average poster and i'm a boxer fan to heart ... I seriously believe that if boxer were available to kids in school that it would help more than it would hurt. Kids wouldn't be so quick to pick up a gun ... kids would socialize more and have something to be recognized off, rather than being a class clown, a nobody, a tough guy, or a person who doesn't do anything with their lives.

I'm sure if scholarships were available for boxers you would have a significant increase in high education rates amoung young people.

This would not only benefit the inner city but it would also benefit rural areas, suburbs, and upper middle class students.

 

You don't feel the punches till after the fight ... but there's alot of self respect that comes with taking a punch win or lose.

Add to that there would be head gear and extra padding in the gloves --

It would really give kids something to look forward too and there are alot of closet boxing fans out there.

They might not be fanatics like most of us are but they would surely pay attention to the sport and the latest news.

As long as there's a strong emphasis on bonding and sportsmanship there shouldn't be a huge problem ... its no different than a parent taking their kid to a karate dojo so they can learn how to protect themselves - then the kid turns out to be a standout in the sport --

 

if there was a kid that stoodout that came from a nice family and held good o'l american values there would be no problem with some parents.

its a matter of nature over nurture ... you have to let kids scrape a knee or experience some pain for them to know how the world really is ... when you shelter kids and try to protect them from every element of life they're not able to adapt as well as a kid who has experienced something.

I know people who have been sheltered there whole lives and have turned out to be terrible adults ... they have bad social skills and aren't able to relate to most.

prime example ... Columbine ... the trench coat mafia dudes had bad social skills ... bad relationship building skills and in turn - turned out to be outcasts and sperated themselves from others.

Its a shame but i'm sure that adding boxing to the sport would be one small step.

I'm sure that you would have some people who try to ruin it but the majority would embrace it and take advantage of the opportunity.

 

I think it would work ... you get USA boxing ... goldengloves, some successful boxers, and some promoters to advicate for it - I think it would workout nice.

It would also give some boxers a chance to give back outside of a financial sense --

Collegiate scholarships ... more graduates on a percentage level ... kids less fortunate getting a chance to atleast obtain a college degree ...

It wouldn't be like basketball, football, or baseball ... because unlike those sports ... the truth will show earlier in boxing than it would in those other sports.

You can see early on that where your skill set is and only time will tell for most and it would weed out some of those imposters in the game today.

Just think ... a young person winning national titles on the grammar school, highschool, and collegiate levels - then transitioning that into an international amateur title... then a professional world title.
A kid who other wise would be doing nothing ... smoking weed ... committing crimes ... fathering tons of children ... never obtaining any form of formal education.
I'm sure the hype wouldn't be around most fighters given that they have proven themselves throughout the years ... and each level you go up in ... would require a bit more than the other.

Grammar school - 3 rounds
highschool - 3 or 4 rounds
college - 4 or 6 rounds

 

But you would control boxing just like you would any other sport ... you would hold meetings ... have certified refs ... have standards that students would have to meet ... it would motivate kids to do something - to achieve something ... to have a goal at something.

You can't tell me a parent who knows that her kid is going nowhere in life wouldn't take the chance on her kid doing something constructive.

How can you say the sport is too violent when you're a boxing fan yourself.

How can the sport be too violent when you have other violent, full contact sports - that are glorified on a national and international scale?