The Negative Effects Of Boxing Competition

It is undeniable that boxing competition is the one of the oldest sports of human beings as it has been included in the Olympic Games in about 688 B.C that was a duel-to-death battle. Boxing competition was violent in the past (Yodkham 2-3). Nonetheless, boxing has been a popular sport around the world, such as Europe, the Americas and Asia for a long time. Moreover, it is popular among people in general, such as children, teenagers, and adults because it is a martial art that helps them in self-defense. Also, a lot of people choose boxing as their favorite activity. It can be developed in the boxing competition. Moreover, they can imitate the boxing to cope with problems. It is not a positive effect on them. However, many boxers

This can lead to seriously physical problems and death. It can reflect that boxing competition has negative effects on boxers. That really means people are assisting the barbarous bouts and the death or physical problems, particularly brain problem, of the boxers in the ring. An example of this is Prof. Dr. Jiraporn Haothamatud, a head of Advances Diagnostic Radiology Center, Faculty of Medicine Hospital, Mahidol University, stated that the majority of young boxers, who aged under fifteen years old, had a brain bleeding disease. As a result, it causes a cerebral edema and reduces the function of brain memory. Furthermore, most boxers have high self-esteem in boxing skills. They can be considered an arrogant boxer who is more confident than other boxers and does not care about anyone. As an illustration, Buakaw Por. Pramuk was ever a champion boxer in two times punching Yochihiro Sato, a Japanese male boxer. Unfortunately, Yochihiro Sato could knock Buakaw Por. Pramuk out at third times. With his confidence in his boxing skills, Buakaw Por. Pramuk was desperate that he could not win Yochihiro as Buakaw Por. Pramuk had won him in two times (TrueLife). Furthermore, according to comments on the Pantip’s topic website, that is everyone can comment about every news or can create a topic which they are interested in independently, most Thai people considered that he had high self-confidence (Chaiyo). Therefore, a boxer has high skills’ confidence in boxing, as a result, it can bring the disaster just like the case of Buakaw Por. Pramuk. Next, although boxing competition can make boxers good people in their society, a lot of boxers do not respect the rules and the regulations of boxing. Then, it cannot be assumed that being a boxer is to be a good person. To illustrate, the