... lot of hassle with the police and people in the community. Self-discipline is taught to many young people from an early age. For a lot of people a boxing club is one of the few places to go at night, the alternatives being loitering around street corners, getting into trouble, experimenting with drink and drugs, and turning to crime. Boxers know what they are getting themselves into and are aware of the short and long term injuries boxing can have on them. Short term injuries like a cut eye and long term as in "punch drunk syndrome" which is like Parkinson's disease, a fine example of this is Mohamed Ali. Brain damage and brain hemerages can also happen to boxers who are repeatively hit over the head. There are referees to control the fights and there are rounds where in between fighting boxers can take water and get their wounds treated by ...

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