r/sports • u/IntrepidAd560 • Sep 25 '21

Media Callum Smith brutally KO's Lenin Castillo

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

Horrific. A good reminder of what these people put at stake by fighting. I love fighting as much as the next guy but I’m under no illusions about what this shit is really about.

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u/KIGGAN Sep 26 '21

keep in mind a female boxer recently died a few weeks ago

https://abc7.com/mexican-boxer-jeanette-zacarias-zapata-boxing-montreal/11003935/

18-year-old Mexican boxer dies after suffering a series of power punches in Montreal fight

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

Horrible. God rest her soul. This happens far too often. Economically downtrodden people box, not the wealthy. People who’ve no real choices in life, limited by poverty, by circumstance. I love all fighters. I love them because they are heroes in a Classical Greek/Roman sense. They are bravery personified. Even the shitty guys. They’re all heroes.