Every so often, a boxer dies during a fight. The most recent case, that I read about, was in Kenya's capital Nairobi..Every time such a death occurs, there is shock. SHOCK.
Why, I'm not quite sure.
The purpose of boxing is beat somebody so badly that the fall down and can't get up for ten seconds.
It's not like other sports where such things occur but aren't really the fundamental point of the sport (hockey, basketball, baseball). It's not like other sports where people getting hit in the head or body occurs but is incidental. Punching someone in the head or chest repeatedly to the point where they fall and can't get up is the sole purpose of boxing.
When naked brutality is the sole purpose of the sport, it really that much of a surprise that people die every once in a while?
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