High School Students Designing A Night Full Of Organized Boxing Matches

Boxing had always been around in which its origin started back in Ancient Greece where Greeks found the sport of violence very entertaining (Hirsley par. 17). Despite its huge popularity at that time, it soon died off with the rest of Greece to where it would not be revived until the 1600’s. Medieval Europe played around with the idea of boxing, but it would later perish due to the rise of the Salem Witch Trials (Hirsley par. 18). Boxing would then come back around once more, but only this time being the most effective. The 1920’s eventually came around, and with the rise of entertainment, boxing was born again. It was previously

Millions of people worldwide take part as spectators to the sport of prize fighting: better known as boxing. In a 1962 essay entitled “Who Killed Benny Paret?” the author, Norman Cousins, writes about the dangers that come with the sport of boxing. He especially talks about a match that resulted in the death of a boxer named Benny Paret. Cousins argues that boxing is just a show of violence and that boxers put themselves in the ring just for the simple purpose of entertaining a crowd. Even though investigations reflect the role of the referee, Paret’s manager, and the doctor’s examinations as the main cause of Paret’s death, Cousins blames Paret’s death on the people that attends boxing matches to see a man get hurt or knockout because he

In situation number one I witnessed my parents fighting over who is supposed to pay certain bills. My parents are married but live in different houses so they share bills for both houses, although my father pays a majority of them. During their fight I noticed my father being distant, not listening and barley responding at all. My mother on the other hand made sure to put in every single one of her thoughts, even if they weren’t kind words. For most of the fight my dad would look the opposite direction of my mom indicating he was not listening, he would also text on his phone and get up and leave the room all together. In my opinion this was my father trying to be mindful, taking a step back to exclude himself from the situation, take a moment to breath and reevaluate the situation at hand so it would not escalate. Unfortunately my mother only saw this as him being rude and not caring. Since she thought he was trying to run from the argument my mom would only get more upset. This caused her to yell louder and use more profound words. At this point she had completely shut down any possibility that she could be wrong in the situation, making her unwilling to listen to my father anymore. You could probably already guess that this fight went absolutely nowhere. Both of my parents eventually gave up, went to separate rooms, and ignored each other for the rest of the evening.

Boxing, an official sanctioned sport in the early 20th century, is a sport that is known as one of the most violent and physically demanding sports on the earth. Professional boxers that get paid to fight must be in top shape in order to preform at the highest level. Being a professional boxer is a tough life. Boxers train hard for many months leading up to one fight and either win, lose, knock out the opponent or even get knocked out. The sport has been around for centuries, but has most recently taken off over the last 100 years. It is a multibillion dollar industry with fighters taking home hundreds of thousands of dollars if not even millions of dollars for big matches. In his novel Papa Jack, Roberts tells the story of the famous African American boxer Jack Johnson. He details the boxers rise to fame and fortune and his downward spiral that would soon follow. In Papa Jack, Roberts displays life of a professional boxer through firsthand accounts with events that happened during Johnson’s life and shows how boxing not only influenced his life but also how he influenced the African American community.

Boxing - a violent cage fight, or a crowd pleasing sport? Boxing is a high intensified sport that can be seen as helping the fighter in life or permanently damaging the fighters future. Many say that boxing is one of the safest sports; however, boxing can leave permanent brain damage from constant punches to the skull. The sport boxing is for managers to earn money while their fighter is in the ring fighting against another human until one gives up, or gets knocked out. A fight could be the end of one’s career, or even one’s life. Boxing should be banned because the money earned does not trump the risk of death, the mixed messages from fighters in the ring confuse the laws regarding assault, and the constant punches to and athletes head leaves permanent damage.

Elliott J. Gorn’s The Manly Art is a unique book that tells readers the origins of boxing in American culture. The book was published in 1986 by Cornell University Press, the book discussed the development of boxing and American society. Gorn takes sport history, a commonly misunderstood and misinterpreted topic and wrote a book that not only was easy to read but allowed readers to gain knowledge on the sport. Gorn says “To understand prize fighting, I have discovered, is necessarily to understand something about nineteenth-century America. Ideology, ethnicity, social class formation, violence, urbanization, gender roles, religious world views, productive relationships, all are a part of sports history in general and boxing in particular.” (Gorn, pg. 12)

I am an at-risk coordinator in the high school. I am also the high school cheerleading coach and the assistant softball coach. Although, dealing with high school students, you have the occasional squabble, I have a good relationship with each of the students. Four years ago, I had a memorable clash with my assistant principal. It all started at a basketball game. We were playing a team that did not bring their cheerleaders. I had told the girls they could cheer for the first half of the girls’ and boys’ games, then sit and watch the second half of each game. We have done that for years when our school plays this particular team, because they never bring their cheerleaders. The assistant principal had recently been hired at our school, and was approximately four months into his job as Assistant Principal and Athletic Director. The next day at school, he called over the loudspeaker for all of the cheerleaders to go to the gym. Not knowing what was going on, I went into the gym with the girls. He proceeded to chew the girls out for not cheering the entire game. I told him wait a minute, this has nothing to do with these girls. This was my decision and I will gladly go behind closed doors and discuss the issue. He said no, this has everything to do with these girls. He continued to yell at them and I told the girls to say nothing that I would handle this. I defended the girls in

     So, next time there is a conflict with your parents, try to use the accommodating, collaborating, competing, compromising or even avoiding tactic to resolve the problem so both parties feel satisfied.

Boxers were offered much lower wages for fighting than they were given in the 1920s, causing many of them to either drop out of the arena or to fight with far less drive and passion. At the beginning of the 1930s, the position of the world Heavyweight title had been unoccupied for 3 years. Despite the drop in wages, boxing continued to be one of the most popular sports in America, next to baseball. The majority of its received attention came from the gambling amongst the observers. Even though many families were unemployed, a great amount of effort was placed on trying to see major fights when they would come up. If the fight was promised to be a good one, younger people would do their best to go see it live. The sport became a great past time and hobby to attend across the nation (Zammit). As scholar Rosca states, “The people chose the immediate joy and the sense of belonging that a boxing fight induced to them, rather than the long-term saving of money” (Rosca,

Immediately after the main character arrives to the boxing ring is when he faces a new challenge that he must overcome. This fight between classmates has him worried that he might not even get a chance to give his speech. The author implies that the setting of the boxing ring can intimidate anybody if there were

Although this altercation did not take place on campus or during school hours I understand that it is against the code of conduct to engage in fighting. I understand what

In October 2008, UCM homecoming night, a second floor fight broke out in Club Blue, a bar down on Pine Street. The fight caused an ‘all-call’, which

A boxing program would be a good sporting academic that would follow along with the other sports that we have here at Northwest High School. Not having a boxing program could be because the administration does not want to spend more money. There reason challenging may be because that there are no enough student support, we would not know for sure who would be interested. Boys or girls? Grades and Ages? From knowing that is from at least trying the support on having a boxing program.

Everyone remembers fighting with their parents at some point in their life, whether as a young child who wants a toy or as a teenager who isn’t allowed to go out. It’s normal to want to challenge authority when growing up, because it helps young people to make their own decisions and become individuals. Teenagers rely on few close friends and the last people expected to be confidants are their parents.

Boxing, also known as pugilism, is a very old and famous type of combat sport which was invented few centuries BC. It is an ever-changing sport which develops into different styles through time and it is regarded as one of the most popular and exciting types of sports nowadays. Some people make it their profession and fight for prizes, and money while some enjoy it as a hobby and a way to be physically active and have a healthy lifestyle. As it is a very entertaining kind of sport and it is part of the Olympic Games, the sport has garnered many fans worldwide. A lot of people prefer watching it and following championships and different athletes.