About boxing

2007-07-31
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Published as a letter to the editor in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Hmmm. So boxing (“The Most Absolute of Disciplines,” J. Edwin Smith) is a sport which requires “abstaining from the sins of the flesh, whether it be cigarettes and booze or more fulfilling desires.” So it is opposed to this “age of the morally correct” and is an antidote to ideals compromised in the name of “political correctness.” I wonder why, in his list lauding the boxer as “the individual who’ll draw a line in the sand and challenge you to step over it,” he so conspicuously omitted the name of one of the most famous boxers in the world: Mike Tyson.

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  • amfortas

    People usually and just as conspicuously omit Judas from the list of Christians, too, Denise. Exceptions to the rule, I guess.

  • S Baker

    Tyson was a fair boxer but should never have been allowed to reenter the ring after biting Evander. My acquaintance and fellow professional Jim Nave was the only no vote on the Nevada Athletic Commission allowing Tyson back in the ring. Jim is an honorable man. MMA is a much more demanding sport and is killing boxing viewership.

  • ggreen67

    You are trying to discredit an entire sport; the sport of sports, based on the ill-forgiven actions of one individual.

    S Baker is exactly right. When Mike was under the direction of Cus D’Amato he was a very disciplined athlete. Hell, other professional boxers were literally afraid to get in the ring with him. Regardless of his shortcomings MT had his share of accomplishments.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tyson

    The Tyson you see today could have never done those things.






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