I do love a good boxing fight. Yes there is a big risk but there is alot more to boxing than the punches. Some guys I know in my town would be 6 feet under already if it wasnt for boxing. The coaches took them off the streets and gave them a purpose. Most of them wouldnt go near drink or drugs now while all their former friends went down the wrong road. If you look at it this way I really do think boxing saved more lives than anything.
Totally agree, I know people who have been totally saved by it and it saves so many from the wrong road as you say. It's a great thing for a lot of disadvantaged guys and offers a way out, or at least a different way of living