Topic: Ethics of boxing and gambling - page 4. (Read 1444 times)

To be precise, Not necessarily a fighter is ready to be in the ring without knowing the consequences. I believe he is much more understanding than us who just speculate and gamble for him. What's more, they are fighters who already have a pretty good experience, we don't have to worry about unexpected things in the ring.

Bet only to those boxers that you know are good enough to win.

As the match being announced, there is a long time that you can use to check every training that they do and their progress. Doing that will give you the advantage.

I am sure we will have the option about what we want to do related to the boxing bet and we will not betting for KO's if we do not like. It is up to them to place the bet on the sports and even we do not know what they will bet. Yes, the fighter knows what they have to do and they realize the consequences of becoming the player, and I am sure they also know how to anticipate it for themselves.

bet and don't have to worry about how risky the fighters are, I'm sure they understand much better what they have to do. There is nothing wrong, why should we be ready to gamble with great matches in the ring. We certainly will not waste the opportunity to be able to save bigger bets.

Boxing already exists before the slapping tournament and we know that boxing is heavier than the slapping tournament it's about the middle to the upper part of your body that could be damaged one single blow can damage any parts of your body. They already consider boxing as a sport but the slapping tournament does not already AFAIK. Boxing is already in the part of the gambling of the rich people. Most of the game century is the battle of Manny Pacquaio many gamblers trying to bet on him because of the talent he has in world boxing.

And how is betting of people hitting each other being considered as legal and ethical in today´s world?

bet and don't have to worry about how risky the fighters are, I'm sure they understand much better what they have to do. There is nothing wrong, why should we be ready to gamble with great matches in the ring. We certainly will not waste the opportunity to be able to save bigger bets.

For how many years boxing already in the market? I mean since then boxing are considered as sport and bettors are coming in to watch the game.

Yes, there’s a risk of trauma and dying because of boxing this is why boxer have to be more fit before they fight and they understand the risk of it. It’s hard to question if its more on a gambling, because boxers take this seriously and considered as their true passions, they are happy on that profession.

Its probably as ethical as gambling companies exploiting their users, there's long terms effects for both getting hit in the head, and spiraling into debt because gambling companies want people who are addicted to gambling on their platform spending money. Of course, it is horrible that boxers to sustain injuries long term, and there probably needs to be more done in that regard. However, they do know the risks, and they do sign on the dotted line. The issue is, this is most probably due to a lot of them coming from disadvantaged backgrounds, and trying to change their lives.

There are many sports which are brutal and you can bet on them and if we were to ban one of them we would need to ban all of them to be fair. I think it is ok to bet on combat sports but I think betting for KOs is probably the more unethical but I bet everyone in this thread has done a KO bet at one point if they bet on boxing.

People are savage I think since fighting on each other is considered as sports in other countries and yet hate animal cruelty but still they like to see someone fighting each other. It's like an honor for them to fight the strongest man alive and then today it's now an official sports.

I don't know why though, I just don't get it why fighting each other is supposed to be fun when this is a sports and the only ethical about it that I see is they win a bigger prizes if they beat their opponent. Anyway, I think there's a weaver about it if someone wants to participate on this bloody sports then they have to be ready and accept the consequences and I think that's the risk of it. Meaning high risk equals high rewards.

I know many people bet on boxing matches and I recently saw a post on an "slapping tournament". I was thinking that professional boxing is kind of questionable as a sport discipline and even more so as a gambling event. It is known that many boxers sustain long term effects of repeated micro-trauma and even some have been know to die in the ring. For all boxing fans and for others that may have a view on this, how is this being considered a fully legal activity being supported? And how is betting of people hitting each other being considered as legal and ethical in today´s world?

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Many doctors argue that the time has come to ban boxing. We disagree. In 2005, the World Medical Association wrote:

Boxing is a dangerous sport. Unlike most other sports, its basic intent is to produce bodily harm in the opponent. Boxing can result in death and produces an alarming incidence of chronic brain injury. For this reason, the World Medical Association recommends that boxing be banned.

The above statement, however, is excessively paternalistic. Boxing is indeed risky, but the risks are perhaps comparable to other activities and sports. Fighting is certainly tolerated in ice hockey – in which a specific player, “the goon”, is encouraged to be aggressive. And as Mario Mendez has written in the International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, “in boxing . . . there is a smaller risk of fatal head injuries than in horse racing, sky diving, mountaineering, motorcycle racing, and even [American] football”.

With regards to non-fatal injuries, boxing was the first sport where chronic traumatic encephalopathy was noticed in former competitors. This is a progressive and degenerative condition caused by repeated head injuries; it presents with neurological symptoms such as memory loss and mood swings, eventually leading to dementia. But we now know that a wide range of contact sports result in head injuries frequent or severe enough to cause the condition:  American football, rugby, ice hockey and  professional wrestling (to name a few) are all linked to it, with a study of 2010 showing that school-aged American football players had “measurable neurocognitive and neurophysiologic deficits”, despite never having been concussed.

I know many people bet on boxing matches and I recently saw a post on an "slapping tournament". I was thinking that professional boxing is kind of questionable as a sport discipline and even more so as a gambling event. It is known that many boxers sustain long term effects of repeated micro-trauma and even some have been know to die in the ring. For all boxing fans and for others that may have a view on this, how is this being considered a fully legal activity being supported? And how is betting of people hitting each other being considered as legal and ethical in today´s world?

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Others succeed, others failed, and that's the reality of this sport.

Anyway, I think there's a weaver about it if someone wants to participate on this bloody sports then they have to be ready and accept the consequences and I think that's the risk of it. Meaning high risk equals high rewards.

After reading your comment mate it made me realize things like this I mean I used to believe that boxing is a sport which it is legally considered and now slapping tournament been practiced already and this only prove to me that everything has a price the higher the risk you put the higher the chance you may get what you want. I salute all the players that set to be the one stand on the ring, fighting aiming to win to be able to win a high prize while bettors watching and being entertained on what they have seen on the ring.