Boxing

My opponent starts off with a sophisticated and admittedly powerful argument i.e There are many things that we use on a regular basis which ought not to be made illegal even though they can cause deaths. While I think this is a strong argument it fails to address my original argument. It does not address the injuries and deaths caused by boxing. Bare buckle boxing was quite popular in England in the 1800s. It was made illegal because people died from it. Do you think it should be made legal again because many other Mondane things( like candy,soda etc. ) kill people too. Just because other everyday innocent things can kill someone once in a blue moon doesn't boxing is an extremely violent sport. My opponent then moved onto another argument: "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!" He seems to be suggesting that boxing provides a haven for those unable to get a degree. Well so does bank robbing a bank or working at McDonalds. Just because you can work there if you don't have a degree doesn't add any merit or desirability to it. My opponent then moves onto an argument which I find to be completely absurd: "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)?!" Firstly there is absolutely NOTHING advantageous about the way in which black slaves were treated so to say you think this is advantageous for boxing skills is very inappropriate. My opponent then claims it is racist to deny blacks people what he calls their inheritance. He thinks that because black peoples have been treated extremely bad they deserve boxing. I find this to be a silly and borderline offensive argument. Another race argument follows: "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!" Firstly,to what "huge head" start are you referring too. Blacks are not payed less than whites as that is illegal so clarification is needed. Also being able to beat someone up for money is not a "God given ability to lift his family out of poverty". It could be but it is not neccesaraly. He then seems to be claiming that by outlawing boxing I will make people of all races poor. This is just blatantly false. The only justification for this is given above when he claims that boxing is a job for those who cannot get a degree. Well as I said boxing is only one of thousands of jobs for people who can't get a degree so to say that outlawing boxing will cause economic turmoil for the races is plainly invalid. My opponent then plays the allegation card: "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!" Firstly I would hate to be identified with those animal lovers. I am not like them. He then accused me of hypocrisy by saying that if we're to express complete intellectual honesty then I ought to be against every thing that could potentially kill someone. Well I think this is false as boxing is much more brutal,barbaric and dangerous and unlike candy,soda or any everyday item that could potentially kill someone boxing will DEFINATELY injure someone and is much more likely to kill someone than soda. I noticed that my opponent did not address my argument that boxing encourages violence in children.