Current Events > Doctors say they can't justify boxing

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/adonis-stevenson-stable-condition-1.4930962

One of the doctors who worked the boxing match Saturday night in Quebec City that left Adonis Stevenson hospitalized in an induced coma said he and his colleagues are at a loss to medically justify the sport.

The goal of boxing is to inflict damage on the opponent, often by knocking him unconscious. And that carries important risks for severe head trauma, Jean Dore said.

"I can't say we can justify it," Dore said in an interview. "It's a question a lot of doctors are asking, especially doctors within the sport."

As of Monday evening, Stevenson, the 41-year-old Montreal-based fighter known to his fans as Superman, remained in intensive care in a Quebec City hospital after a knockout by Oleksandr Gvozdyk of Ukraine.

I mean, you're getting punched in the face for sport.

Alain Ptito, a brain trauma expert at McGill University's Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, said it is impossible to make the sport safe.

Yeah no kidding. I mean, it's not like we're gonna pretend otherwise.

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I wonder if the ancient romans were worried about making gladiatorial combat safe.
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