Boxing should be banned

My opponent has clearly stated that he wants to have boxing banned; however it is unclear if he wants both professional and amateur banned or if he only wants one of them banned. None the less, I will continue my argument with the sense that he wants both, professional and amateur, banned. Before I begin, I want to note that there are a lot of safety precautions when it comes to boxing, especially amateur boxing. {1} Amateur boxing has many rules that are geared for the safety of the precipitant. Amateur boxers have to wear gloves and headgear, which provide lots of protection. Also the match is stopped when there is much bleeding, cuts, and/or swelling around the eye of the boxer and also when the referee feels that the boxer is over matched. These alone prevent many Injuries and deaths for this sport. Banning something will make things worse. It has been proved time and time again that banning something usually leads to a black market. If boxing was banned, then illegal "back door" boxing matches will increase drastically, meaning more deaths and injuries as these "back door" matches have little to no safety precautions. Banning boxing will just make "back door" boxing more popular as consumers will want to watch boxing, whether legal or not, and will pay lots of money (which wont be taxed) on illegal boxing. Also more boxers will join these unsafe matches, as that is how they make money. If you're going to ban boxing, then you have to ban almost every other sport that involves psychical injuries. {2} For those of you who don't know, boxing isn't even on the top ten on most "dangerous sports" lists. {3} Surprisingly horse back riding is more dangerous than boxing. Should we ban horse back riding? No of course not. Then why ban a sport that is less dangerous? Banning boxing goes against people's freedoms. Banning a sport because you think it is too "barbaric" is an awful reason to do so. If we banned every sport that people didn't approve, then we wouldn't have any sports to play at all. Also what about the people who love boxing? Why should they have to suffer because someone like you finds it "barbaric"? People should have the freedom to risk their lives on doing something they love. If they know the risks that come with boxing, then who are you to stop them? Also many people make a living from boxing, why should you be able to destroy their entire career and potentially their life because you don't like it. Also the entire boxing industry makes a lot of money, too much in my opinion(I'm not a fan of boxing by the way); banning a sport so popular like boxing, would bring a massive blow to the economy (and if you don't know, our economy needs all the help it can get). Why ban something that isn't harming anyone other than the people who chose to do it? People boxing each other does no harm to you. The only people who get hurt in boxing are the people who actually box. They know the risks that can come with boxing, yet they still do it, whether it be love for the sport or for the money, it really doesn't matter. That is all I have for now, I would have written more, but I have a very busy schedule. I hope my argument has changed your stance on this, if not, then I will be waiting for your next argument. Sources: {1} http://boxingontario.com... {2}http://www.kidzworld.com... {3} http://cr4.globalspec.com...