Boxing

PLEASE CHANGE YOUR WAY OF THINKING, BECAUSE IT HAS NO MERIT! You can be killed by eating candy, eating dessert, and/or drinking soda over the years in much the same way a boxer dies from post fight dementia, too: decades after starting the practice. Should that be outlawed?! What about pretzels?! I'm sure that if you ate a "Big Grab" bag(old name for the 50" bag) a day for decade that there'll be some who have a heart attack, stroke, and some who die from the condition. Should pretzels be outlawed, too?! People have actually died having sex the first time. Should that be outlawed, too?! What about pork, eggs, and steak? Should they be outlawed, too?! What about most fast food chains?! Anything packaged can be tampered with before you get it and kill you instantly or over time(made a poison, cancerous, etc.). We know that's a potential of anything packaged just as we know the potential dangers of boxing. Should they be outlawed?! Some people are athletes that are boxing, football, mma, specialists. People have to work to live and minimum wage isn't going to support a family. Not all can obtain degrees or perform a trade at a pro level! Many are descendants of slaves that have been advantaged by the hard lives of their ancestors in a way that is lucrative; how racist is it to know a slave's past(that the slave lived a way that he/she was forced to be an utter mainstay for whites in every way at any time) and try to deny them their inheritance when whites claim they deserve nothing(benefited somehow off the centuries' headstart and steal now)?! What about the financial gap created between many whites and blacks due to that huge headstart?! What about the black person that has the God given ability to lift his family out of poverty? Some whites and other races are poor, too! That's what outlawing boxing would do! Besides, all that other stuff can kill you instantly or over time, too! You seem a lot like those animal lovers who say that they don't believe in eating meat, because they don't want to kill animals: they bully others who eat animals, but they wear animals in their clothing, hair, accessories, footwear, etc. If you were really so sincere about what you say, then you'd be against anything else that kills you in the same way boxing does! And to be honest, that's just about anything! On the original argument, there are some major differences between a prime Ali and a prime Holmes. 1. Holmes would be far easier to hit by Ali than Ali would be able to be hit by Holmes. As much as Holmes got hit during his career, it's probably on par with the short arm brawlers. And that group probably gets hit the most of any group. 2. Ali was the fastest in all of history and was a multipunch combination guy. Holmes was like the Ali that was past his prime--minus the the multipunch combos. Holmes was a 1-2-3 guy. Imagine Roy Jones or FMJ. Ali was precise and didn't need body punching. Holmes was very accurate with the fighters that fought, but never fought a Joe Frazier(best gauge to determine a BOXER'S ACCURACY; Norton wasn't nearly as dynamic as Joe; he was much longer, so he didn't have to be. It's easier to hit Norton with clean punches than Joe: both are open to uppercuts). 3. Ali danced in his prime in fights that he took seriously all of them. Holmes used it only to run after being hurt. That edge has to go to Ali in footwork as a skill. 4. People might say that Holmes would be a better version of Norton and would give Ali more trouble. Not against Ali. Holmes would come straight in and Norton was more subtle. Holmes would have to outAli Ali to beat him, but Norton neutralized clear advantages that Ali had over him. 5. The only advantages that Holmes has over Ali is a bigger punch(all could take Holmes' power, because his problem was the left hook or a Shavers or Rocky right) and a prime Holmes had a better chin than a prime Ali(Ali's chin got better later, but still great from 64-67). Considering that all fighters that fought Ali by walking straight in lost badly, I think Holmes would do better than they did. My projection: 10-5.(Ali whipped other such fighters 13-2).