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http://msn.foxsports.com/boxing/story/3515424 whenever a Boxer dies I always question myself as to why I still watch the sport.

Murphdogg,
The first thing that comes to mind is Million Dollar baby......

bingolong,I haven't seen that movie yet, but I'll never forget watching the Ray Boom Boom Mancini fight where du ku Kim died in the ring.

Murphdogg,

http://www.womenboxing.com/ali.htm - Ali & Frazier on women boxing...'

JTF,
that's interesting

bingolong, I didn't see this yet EITHER , but thanks for blowing that Oscar winning surprise ending for me...
I guess now I can wait till it becomes Movie of the Week.

bcddjjsc690, haha, i hadn't seen the movie either, for me it wasn't so much a issue as a woman boxer dying, but a boxer dying period..as a life long fight fan, it makes me question myself

Murphdogg, I remember watching the the Mancini fight years ago,it was on CBS in CT. and Tim Ryan was doing the call.
Duk Koo Kim had a straight left jab , and had been scoring well with it all fight, Mancini's face was badly bruised, and in no way was it a loopsided affair..I'd say it was even right up to point when the Korean got caught with a 3 punch combo that ended the fight ..and sadly he died 5 days later .I think most fights were still 15 rounds then,{this one was stopped in the 14th }, so it an effort for safety fights were reduced to 10 -12 rounds.But fighters do so at there own free will, if a fighter dies/or get badly injured due to negligence on the refs part , that's the worst . If you tried to outlaw boxing . it would only result in the sport continuing underground,and the fighters would be getting arrested and hurt badly more often.

http://msn.foxsports.com/boxing/story/3515424 - link,Woman Boxer dies '