Julie Bindel does boxing

[SNG]

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... ive-boxing

Possibly one of the poorest and most ill-informed articles I've ever read.

[Cholo_cws]

Whoa, talk about having an agenda. Very poor indeed.

[veriton]

Most boxers play on the bad boy image, and pander to the stereotypical image of rabid thug with a cauliflower brain

at least she could have made the effort to get the terms right

[reggaereggae]

Yawn. The guardian always find a spin to chastise the middle class Who they despise, despite the fact most of their journalists are middle class

[keirw]

I stopped reading as soon as she referred to boxing as a 'so-called sport' I don't imagine I'm missing much.

[Boxerbeetle]

I don't dislike the Guardian as much as most other newspapers, but that is a shockingly poor opinion piece. Should never have been published in its current state; the author should have at least been sent away to do some actual research.

[iamasadlittleboy]

So called journalist?

[simonwalsh]

Personally, I find that article more offensive than anything Fury has spouted.

[Nightmare Roy]

I stopped reading as soon as she referred to boxing as a 'so-called sport' I don't imagine I'm missing much.

Darts and Golf are so called sports.

[Nightmare Roy]

Wow she's getting destroyed in the comments section, don't think she'll be writing any boxing articles any time soon.

[iamasadlittleboy]

Individual competitiveness...I guess that means Cycling, golf, tennis, athletics, darts, snooker and diving (hah) can get tae fornicate too....right?

[Horse]

Should major newspapers really be allowing such awful articles to be published online or otherwise?

These ridiculously poor Tyson Fury articles these papers keep releasing have made me lose even more respect for the British media and I had very little to begin with.

Have they no shame or desire for credibility?

[pyenest77]

Just read it all. Dross of the highest order.

[Coco]

Boxing does exploit working class men, if we lived in a perfect society boxing probably probably wouldn't exist.
I also think working for multi nationals exploits middle class kids.
However they all offer the opportunity for progression in life. Taking away opportunities isn't the answer especially for working class kids who have less options.

[Horse]

Boxing does exploit working class men, if we lived in a perfect society boxing probably probably wouldn't exist.

Why not?

I don't think that I like your idea of "perfect".

[Coco]

If we lived in a non violent society where everyone had a chance to be a doctor or politician, I doubt we woul have a call for boxing and it would be difficult to find people to take part.

[freddydoesdallas]

Read this earlier and it was that poor i couldn't even be arsed to make a comment on it.

No doubt she'll be encouraged to keep writing like this though as it is clickbait just like gifford on the that other boxing website

[Coco]

Her views are as valid as Fury's on christianity. She doesn't offer any better paths for working men who fight though.

[Horse]

If we lived in a non violent society where everyone had a chance to be a doctor or politician, I doubt we woul have a call for boxing and it would be difficult to find people to take part.

How many doctors and politicians do we need?

We generally do live in a non-violent society. Most people find it pretty easy to avoid violence.

A lot of people love boxing. Boxing is generally not a great way out of poverty. Getting a normal job is probably a much better way to do that.

[keirw]

If we lived in a non violent society where everyone had a chance to be a doctor or politician, I doubt we woul have a call for boxing and it would be difficult to find people to take part.

If everyone in the world was a doctor or politician the world would cease to function

[Coco]

I never said it was realistic but if better options were available getting beat up for a living would not be top of people's list.

[SNG]

I never said it was realistic but if better options were available getting beat up for a living would not be top of people's list.

People would still compete in contact sports.

[Coco]

If we lived in a non violent society where everyone had a chance to be a doctor or politician, I doubt we woul have a call for boxing and it would be difficult to find people to take part.

How many doctors and politicians do we need?

We generally do live in a non-violent society. Most people find it pretty easy to avoid violence.

A lot of people love boxing. Boxing is generally not a great way out of poverty. Getting a normal job is probably a much better way to do that.

A lot of people love Jeremy Kyle too but would not want their lifestyles. The majority of boxers come from people with limited options.

[Coco]

I never said it was realistic but if better options were available getting beat up for a living would not be top of people's list.

People would still compete in contact sports.

You cannot compare other contact sports with boxing. You don't get the hooray Henry's off the rugger pitch wanting to fight for a living.

[Horse]

I never said it was realistic but if better options were available getting beat up for a living would not be top of people's list.

Fighting is largely a very poor way to make a living.

People generally don't get into boxing for the money.

With your negative views of the sport: why do you even watch it?