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Boxing Should Be Banned

Boxing Should Be Banned

By Elton Camp  

Boxing fans injuries in other sports will always mention
But forget that only in boxing is injury the real intention
Boxing might even result in the boxer’s immediate death
But far more experience long-term damage to their health

For those who a career in boxing somehow have maintained
Chronic brain damage from repeated injury may have sustained
Damage to the brain it is only reasonable that we should expect
In any “sport” that encourages hitting people above their neck

Other internal organs bone, fat, skin and muscles all protect
For the head to be often hit is something we shouldn’t expect
It’s true skin, skull and brain coverings will help protect it a bit
But the brain strikes the walls of the skull when it is sharply hit

The “knock-out” that boxing fanatics so highly wish and prize
Follows grogginess, weakness, and the inability to focus eyes
Boxing also may do great damage to eyes, ears and to the nose
Should civilized folk allow a “sport” causing injuries like those
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