A promotion in West Virginia is hosting a child boxing fight involving nine-year-olds.

  • Gutotito@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I mean, if we’re going to keep pretending that dancing around and slugging each other is a “sport,” then it makes sense to have children play it, right?

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      1 year ago

      I mean, it is a sport. I have no idea whether it’s good for young children to be doing it though… Isn’t there a lot of CTE risk?

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        1 year ago

        According to the article it has less CTE risk than football, but then again that’s probably a pretty low bar. Personally, I think combat sports can be great for kids as long as they’re wearing plenty of protection and padding. Learning to hit the various bags and lightly sparring with friends under close supervision shouldn’t be dangerous, which is probably where that stat comes from. However, that’s very different from having an actual boxing match inside a ring. When it’s less about having fun and more about punching your way to glory you significantly increase the odds of getting hurt.

    • TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com
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      1 year ago

      Somewhat, though I generally believe that some forms of freedom are appropriate for adults that aren’t for children. For fighting, I think adults have a better chance of understanding the long-term consequences than kids and thus it’s more immoral to let children do it.