From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Fri Jun 21 2002 - 20:49:33 MDT
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>From: spike66 <spike66@attbi.com>
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>>Boxing is a sport, granted a rough one. Think of it as a chess game,
>>except with actual pain. spike
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>Forrest Bishop wrote: Boxing is a sport, to be sure; most boxers do exhibit sportsmanlike attitudes and behavior, as they are simply satisfying a market demand for blood sport.
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Boxing is an interesting example of your point. I never really had
much appreciation for it until I viewed videotapes of former champion
Ali. He had many innovations in strategy, but one intriguing game was
the rope-a-dope. He would lean back against the ropes for a few
seconds, lightly bouncing off of them so the ref would not call a
break. During these seconds he appeared to be taking a pounding,
but if you watch the matches you will see that he was actually resting.
He wasnt taking too much beating because he was too far away
for his opponents to get a good punch. He intentionally took a light
pounding for a short time, then came blasting back.
To your point about popular demand for blood sport, witness women's
boxing. They seem to have a totally different attitude than the guys,
appearing to have a genuine hatred for their opponent, a sincere
heartfelt desire to brutally slay the bitch. After I saw this, I predicted
that should a boxing match be arranged between an equally weighted
man and woman, the woman would win. It was, and she did.
I had a minor epiphany when I went to the electronics store with
my friend and his almost 4 year old daughter. She ignored
the televisions showing the Disney movies and stood transfixed,
hypnotized by the spectre of two women pounding each other
senseless. She appears to loooove women's boxing. This was
very insightful for me, helping me understand human nature.
In our current form, we are not particularly *nice* apes, but
most do become quite mellow with the onset of adulthood. spike
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