Boxing

[Sallydaisy]

No thread for this - and it's one of Muzzah's favourite sports to watch!!!

Ricky Hatton has called time on his career after losing last night's fight.
BBC report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/20483237

[AllyB]

It's not that I don't have sympathy for Mike Towell's family, but to sue the health board when he willingly went into the ring and invited someone to punch him in the head is a sad reflection of the way society is today.

[Hawkeye]

I'm with you on the licensed barbarism front.

[Alis]

I'd ban it if I had my way. With the recent evidence that has emerged about the damage that heading a football does - what on earth must regular blows to the head do?