Who fought the last bare- knuckle boxing match?
The sweet science is a paradoxical sport and one we as humans relate to on the most primitive level. Some look at boxing as an art form or highly skilled profession practiced by talented and courageous athletes, others view it as a brutish, caveman-like sport in which humans administer physical beatings upon each other. Regardless of how one feels, even in our so-called civilized world the sport of boxing shows little sign of waning. While there are the occasional talks of banning the sport and some countries already having done so, boxing translates into big business and big money and economies prosper because of it. It still offers a way out for the less fortunate while at the same time providing entertainment and excitement for fans around the world. Promoters, trainers, managers, corporations and sponsors all add and detract from the boxing equation, hopefully with the person taking the physical punishment ending up with what they themselves consider to be ‘sufficient compensation’
