Boxing – cruel sport?

Boxing is one of the most popular and the most discussed sport. It is a combat sport. Two sportsmen fight each other according to certain rules. Fighters have the same weight category.

Its history dates back to Ancient Egypt and Rome. This sport was included into Ancient Olympic Games and remains its part till nowadays. But in Ancient times fights were almost uncontrolled and some fighters could even die. But nowadays there is a special list of rules that regulate and control everything that takes place in the ring.

Boxing is a great spectacle. Thousands of people gather to watch the fight, especially if the fight is between two famous boxers.

Fighters should always be of the same weight category. There are eight of them:

Flyweight — the weight shouldn't be more than 112 pounds (50, 8 kg);

Bantamweight — the weight shouldn't be more than 118 pounds (53, 5 kg);

Featherweight — the weight shouldn't be more than 126 pounds (57, 2 kg);

Lightweight — the weight shouldn't be more than 135 pounds (61, 2 kg);

Welterweight — the weight shouldn't be more than 147 pounds (66, 7 kg);

Middleweight — the weight shouldn't be more than 160 pounds (72, 6 kg);

Light heavyweight — the weight shouldn't be more than 175 pounds (79, 4 kg);

Heavyweight — the weight is more than 175 pounds (79, 4 kg).

In 20s of the past century two more categories were added in the USA. They are junior lightweight or super featherweight and junior welterweight or super lightweight. This sport developed and nowadays there are 17 weight categories.

The current World Champions are brothers Volodymyr and Vitaliyi Klichko from Ukraine.

But this sport is discussed a lot in the society, because some people consider it to be very cruel and inhuman. According to them, our evolution is on its highest level, but still people are not able to maintain peace in the world. Such sport as boxing is a reflection of the cruelty of humanity that should be reduced to the minimum.

Those who like this sport don't think that it might influence somehow the human nature. According to them people were fighting during the whole history diverting themselves in such way. Besides there are a lot of rules that control the fight and if a fighter feels bad a fight is stopped.

Another problem is fighter's health. Of course they are strong and are in a good physical form. But sometimes heavy punches may really cause problems with health. A lot of former boxers suffer from different diseases that almost make them invalids.

There are a lot of other combat sports but they are not so popular and so developed as boxing. It is the most popular sport.

There is also women's boxing. But it is not very popular.

The most famous fighters are Vitaliy Klichko, Volodymyr Klichko, Mychael Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Evander Holyfield.

This sport is still in the process of development and every day more and more people start to watch it or practice it.