tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post5059866233131139336..comments2023-10-09T11:27:46.098+01:00Comments on Shepherd's Bush: H&F's school boxing fad: Chisora'd?Chris Underwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03026438313352911527noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-18570046305226279162012-02-20T21:17:54.080+00:002012-02-20T21:17:54.080+00:00Agreed, rugby has the highest morbidity rate of an...Agreed, rugby has the highest morbidity rate of any sport despite many improvements in recent years (other than cycling in London maybe?) however the brawl and threats these 2 guys entered into, which went instantly on the internet to be viewed by many who will copy their behaviour as "cool", has now taken the pugilistic sport back ten years. GBH is not boxing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-65449942758379728792012-02-20T17:29:08.052+00:002012-02-20T17:29:08.052+00:00Oh I agree, I started but never stuck with it. Wis...Oh I agree, I started but never stuck with it. Wish I'd learned a martial art as well, to be honest!Alexanderhttp://www.bromptonrhodes.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-18374962803498358722012-02-20T10:37:27.933+00:002012-02-20T10:37:27.933+00:00Good!Good!Bailey Circushttp://www.ticketnest.com/theater-tickets/Bailey-Circus/index.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-40754696574610793552012-02-20T01:16:55.688+00:002012-02-20T01:16:55.688+00:00You beat me to the punch Anon (pun intended). Our ...You beat me to the punch Anon (pun intended). Our intrepid blogger has never been shy of getting out there and researching the topics he posts on. Check out a club Chris, particularly one that runs classes for kids.Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-33696582549294943322012-02-19T23:43:42.288+00:002012-02-19T23:43:42.288+00:00Boxing is a fantastic sport which has helped many ...Boxing is a fantastic sport which has helped many young men (and increasingly women) find a constructive way to channel their aggression, keep fit, learn to respect other people, etc. Politising it somehow is a bit inappropriate - it's just another sport that people are able to pursue if they take something from it.<br />Look at local lads such as our own QPR supporting James de Gale who won an Olympic gold - a far cry from many of the youths he will have grown up with, who have no doubt not all gone on to such productive and commendable careers. Or George Groves, another local lad who is doing exceptionally well in the sport. Boxing has always been popular in West London - Frank Bruno was from Hammersmith, and we had the Finnegan brothers years ago. The Mancinis too.<br /><br />Of course there are dangers involved, but it is highly regulated and controlled these days, and rightly so.<br /><br />Chris - why don't you pay a visit to the Dale Youth boxing club (which spawned De Gale and Groves) and see if that experience changes your opinion?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-40936493224287008092012-02-19T20:56:46.014+00:002012-02-19T20:56:46.014+00:00Art, music and drama are cool too Alexander. Whate...Art, music and drama are cool too Alexander. Whatever works mate. I'd love my son to do some sort of martial art when he grows up because that's what I've done. If he doesn't, that's the way if the world, everyone's different. I sometimes wish I'd learned to play an instrument as a kid myself...Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-13321617231110716282012-02-19T20:49:51.600+00:002012-02-19T20:49:51.600+00:00Oh Chris please. Your addendum floating the idea t...Oh Chris please. Your addendum floating the idea that there may be a connection between contact sports and domestic violence/bullying is borderline offensive and beneath you. As a social worker formerly working in the Bush area I have come across both the victims and perpetrators of domestic violence and I can assure you contact sports were never a factor in the equation.<br /><br />In my experience the 'consequences' of teaching young boys and girls to fight each other in the ring (or dojo or octagon) is that you have a bunch of young boys and girls who are happy they have found something in life they enjoy, are more confident through learning and training, are fitter, stronger, feel better about themselves and have respect for their opponents who they know have trained just as hard as they have.Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-63746370611161924802012-02-19T18:19:22.293+00:002012-02-19T18:19:22.293+00:00I also completely disagree. I currently box and it...I also completely disagree. I currently box and it's not the overly violent sport that you paint it as. You're more likely to get hurt from playing rugby.<br /><br />For amateur boxing which is what kids will doing, you have headgear and mouthguards so the actual danger that they will be exposed to is minimal. Unless you are boxing professionally you will wearing this amount of safety gear.<br /><br />What boxing does teach is commitment and discipline, as well providing something that doesn't require a lot of space, can be done all year round, and keep you fit.<br /><br />What's the problem if kids are attracted to it? Why not provide a safe outlet for any sort of stress? In the ring you soon realise that you're not the big man and there's a long way to go, surely a good lesson to teach.Souravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02520609813288202251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-85994366414590110692012-02-19T17:05:01.062+00:002012-02-19T17:05:01.062+00:00It reminds me of all the people who think National...It reminds me of all the people who think National Service is the solution to delinquent youth - giving them a gun and the training to use it!<br /><br />This obsession with using sport as a tool baffles me as well - What about kids who just plain don't like sport? What about art, music or drama?<br /><br />(I have no problem with boxing, personally. In fact it's one of the few sports I can watch without yawning.)Alexanderhttp://www.bromptonrhodes.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-78965868349510733562012-02-19T12:20:06.769+00:002012-02-19T12:20:06.769+00:00I disagree completely Chris. At one point or anot...I disagree completely Chris. At one point or another in my life I've boxed, kickboxed, studied karate, Brazilian jui jitsu and vale tudo, I've also helped teach kids martial arts. I hope that when my son is older he will want to be involved in a contact sport of some description and I will certainly be pointing him in that direction.<br /><br />I absolutely believe that contact sports, whether its boxing, karate, judo or whatever teach discipline, respect for self and others and and commitment, I also believe that people who engage in these sports are less likely to go out and act aggressively on the street simply because they have less to prove to themselves, despite what the Youtube clip at the end of the article seeks to portray.Leenoreply@blogger.com