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Boxing a Violent Sport?

Ask those females if anything they experienced experienced to know.
in training or in competition compares to being
All’s fair in love and war, goes the old say-
raped. I had one female member who credited the ing. Look what’s happening in Ukraine. Talk about
training she did at Champs and that it saved her
violence! Genocide, rape, pillaging, innocent lives
and prevented her from being raped. How violent
By Jorge Luis torn and lost as casualties of war. The average
is rape? Is boxing more violent? Or is it empow- Ukrainian did not ask for that. Yet, our govern-
ering? What about verbal and physical abuse?
ment and others fund war, but don’t fund boxing
To children, young men, and women? I have had gyms. They cut funding, as a matter of fact. War
many members at Champs Boxing who trained
is seen as a necessary evil, and it is. Did you know
and competed, who were verbally and physically
’m often asked if, or, told that boxing is a vio- Ukraine has an outstanding boxing program? One
Ilent sport. I am often asked how, as a Christian, abused. Ask those people today if boxing is vio- of the finest in the world. So many Olympians and
lent and ask them if boxing should be banned.
I can teach such a violent sport. My answer is there world champions. Brothers Vitali and Wladimir
are things a lot more violent than boxing. Is rape “But Jorge, don’t you see there are two Klitschko, current heavyweight champion Olek-
more violent than boxing? I have had more than people in the ring hurting each other on purpose?” sander Usyk, and Vasily Lomachenko. Ask these
a couple female members who trained at Champs, Yes, but there are rules. They have been trained current and former champions if what’s being per-
who were raped, or rape was attempted on them. and they are prepared. Ask if the child who was petrated on their people and country even com-
abused, was he/she trained and prepared to be pares to what they do inside a boxing ring. Ask
beaten, starved, or worse? Ask the young female them if they would be willing to settle this war
if she was prepared to be beaten, assaulted, and with Russia in a series of boxing matches? I will
raped? Life is much more violent than a boxing bet, and know, both the Ukrainians and Russians
match or training. Some of the young people in would be willing to settle matters in a boxing ring.
boxing gyms across the country have seen parents Settle with rules of engagement, with honor, re-
murdered, experienced violence at home due to spect, and fairness. Violent? Mankind is violent.
drug and alcohol abuse, and sexual abuse. Boxing Boxing harnesses, controls, and channels it. Does
gives them belief, self-esteem, encouragement, rape? Abuse? War?
fitness, health, and strength.
I propose to Mr. Putin, put your best boxers
It always amazes me what man is capa- against Ukraine’s best. Bring it to the ring and
ble of doing to his fellow human being. In my settle it in the ring! Only in our dreams… but
opinion, boxing ranks very low compared to how dreams are good, and dreams are free. It’s good
destructive other behaviours are on young and to dream. Look around, watch the news, see what
old alike. Contrary to popular belief, boxing will human condition is. How do you define violence?
make a young person less violent, because they Boxing is violent? When you know how to fight,
focus their frustrations in a proper and disciplined you don’t need to prove it to those who don’t fight
way. Boxers are some of the gentlest people you or can’t fight. In this light, boxing is not violent.
can meet outside the arena of competition. It’s the What life throws at us is and can be much more
ones in suit and ties that damage boxers worse violent.
than they ever get inside a ring. Trust me. Boxers
Yours in Youth and Sport
fight with pride, honour, and respect. Despite any Jorge Luis (Head Coach and President of Champs
trash talk and posturing before a match, there is
Eastside Boxing Club)
mutual respect afterwards. This has to be seen and