Joyce is set to take home $500,000 with $2mill from PPV. This is on top of the $7m salary and $24m bonus from airline ticket sales and sacking baggage handlers. Zhang wants seats to Mascot Terminal pay-out if the market can raise the revenue. Joyce of course has lost face.

Okay... as a serious opponent of boxing as a
misnamed "sport" can someone clarify the
morals and ethics of this scenario.

If this fight had occurred on the footpath outside
the stadium, Zhang would've been charged by
police for assault occasioning bodily harm.

Joyce suffered a severe concussion from the punch
Zhang threw, as evidenced by his immediate lack of
motor control, and collapse.

As this happened, the commentator and the crowd
react to it with loud and enthusiastic cheering, as
though something truly remarkable had happened.
When in fact it marked a serious, and probably one
of a series, of concussive injuries Joyce has suffered
during his career (such as it is).

Disgusting.

      

As someone who has had his f_ucking lights punched out by a 58 year old ex-pro Liberty Valance at Ye Old School Gym at Smeaton Grange (Daniel Geale's).
I can honestly say it was a real honour and a privilege.

I suppose its better than being a military grub 6ft in the ground shooting bullets at other human beings that they hardly ever really look them in the eye.

Personally, I think they should bring out the Lifer's and Death Row criminals for some good old Gladiator entertainment.
"Chop off his head!!!"

chimera wrote on Sep 25^th, 2023 at 5:22pm:



Would that be as many deaths as motorsport?

Dodgems
Ride alone or with a sidekick and prepare to dodge the other crazy cars (and drivers) that sometimes have minds of their own. Dodgems can be a bumpy ride so you’ll need to keep your seat belt fastened and arms inside the cars during the ride.

For better results, there are Formula 1 side shows with burning wrecks, suicide explosions and lawn bowls hurled at breakneck speed at the enemy.

Setanta wrote on Sep 25^th, 2023 at 6:56pm:



https://www.worldsultimate.net/most-dangerous-sports.htm



09. Boxing

No one can reasonably argue that boxing is not the most dangerous sport. Most boxers end up with some type of enduring injury, be it vision or coordination issues, discourse obstructions, or even brain damage. And also, they have been disabled in wheelchairs.

Boxing has to do with violence, where the only objective of the participant is to hit his opponent; not surprisingly, this is not an injury-free sport. Statistics reveal that 90% of boxers suffer brain damage during their career. In any case, with the privilege of defensive rigging, you can limit the danger of injury.

Approximately 10 people die each year in boxing from approximately head and neck injuries sustained. The number grows much more when you consider the number of people who died after a prolonged race of hitting their heads.

Seems everyone in NSW & QLD would cheer when both teams physically assaulted each other, without padded gloves, when they go the Biff-brawls and punch ups.
What about Bouncers in cricket? One of which has killed a batsman.

Regardless of 'dangerous' sports, its still a far cry from what the Military industry is about: legalised Murder.

'a far cry from what the Military industry is about'.
Nah.
'Kinetic Fighting is the all-encompassing name that represents the foundation of my close-quarters battle methods and principles. It pertains to all of my work with Australian and US military, including Special Forces Close-Quarter Fighting and Integrated Combat, Infantry Integrated Combat and the Army Combatives Program.'
Boxing is for the Aussie battler.