By BFQ: It has been about 3000 years since the first organized pugilistic contest took place in the Greek Olympics but in almost three millennia it hasn’t been a sport. In its most rudimentary form which almost every individual understands is that this oft called “sport” is indeed a life and death event.
It is a gladiatorial event where one man goes against another with their lives on the line albeit with a finely tuned skillset and technicality. One of the misconceptions that I and many other prizefighters have to encounter on a day to day basis is the audacity by which people categorize this event as a sport.