Boxing is suffering from a lack of attention, but did the sport actually need the World Boxing Council to draw attention to it with a ridiculous call to banish fathers from working their sons' corners during matches?
During its annual convention in Jeju, South Korea last week the WBC's president, Jose Sulaiman, said the organization wants strict enforcement of its rule that bans fathers from working the corner of their sons' fights. The call is being based on a study of fights in California.
Sulaiman said the organization already had a rule banning fathers from their sons' corners, but it wasn't being enforced. Now he wants to enforce it because of the study.
Who conducted the study? Curly, Larry and Moe?
Dr. Paul Wallace, chairman of the WBC's medical advisory board, said that a study in California backed up the WBC's rule.
"The most common factor out of all the fatalities that had happened, was having fathers in the corner," he said of the study. "Now, that's not something that's a medical issue, but it's something that's clearly an association."
I really would like to see that study and how it was conducted. Plus how do you get around the fact that state commissions license fathers to train their sons?
First of all can the WBC concentrate on something that has killed the sport - a proliferation of meaningless titles that has diluted intrinsic value of what it means to be a world champion? Oh, wait, then they would go out of business.
I don't know that fathers working the corners of their sons are any more of a detriment to the health and safety of their sons during a match than anyone else. My experience is that most good trainers have a paternal bond with their fighters anyway. They spend so much time with them that they get to know them intimately. They know when to push them and they know when they've had enough.
Technically the referee and the ring doctor are the last lines of defense for a boxer, regardless of whether a father is living out some kind of vicarious dream while his son is taking the beating of his life in the ring.
The WBC should try to find a way to ban boxing fathers from having contact with the dogs of their sons. Roy Jones Sr. shot and killed his son's favorite dog after the dog bit Roy Jr.'s sister. Filipino sensation Manny Pacquiao, who fights Miguel Cotto next Saturday in Vegas, and his father were estranged after the father killed and cooked Pacquiao's favorite dog to feed the family.
That may be less ridiculous than the WBC trying to ban fathers from the corners of their sons during a boxing match.
Commentary: This is ridiculous! WBC is trying to find ways to hype it's organization but their latest gimmick is simply ridiculous!
Source: World Boxing Council has daddy issues
During its annual convention in Jeju, South Korea last week the WBC's president, Jose Sulaiman, said the organization wants strict enforcement of its rule that bans fathers from working the corner of their sons' fights. The call is being based on a study of fights in California.
Sulaiman said the organization already had a rule banning fathers from their sons' corners, but it wasn't being enforced. Now he wants to enforce it because of the study.
Who conducted the study? Curly, Larry and Moe?
Dr. Paul Wallace, chairman of the WBC's medical advisory board, said that a study in California backed up the WBC's rule.
"The most common factor out of all the fatalities that had happened, was having fathers in the corner," he said of the study. "Now, that's not something that's a medical issue, but it's something that's clearly an association."
I really would like to see that study and how it was conducted. Plus how do you get around the fact that state commissions license fathers to train their sons?
First of all can the WBC concentrate on something that has killed the sport - a proliferation of meaningless titles that has diluted intrinsic value of what it means to be a world champion? Oh, wait, then they would go out of business.
I don't know that fathers working the corners of their sons are any more of a detriment to the health and safety of their sons during a match than anyone else. My experience is that most good trainers have a paternal bond with their fighters anyway. They spend so much time with them that they get to know them intimately. They know when to push them and they know when they've had enough.
Technically the referee and the ring doctor are the last lines of defense for a boxer, regardless of whether a father is living out some kind of vicarious dream while his son is taking the beating of his life in the ring.
The WBC should try to find a way to ban boxing fathers from having contact with the dogs of their sons. Roy Jones Sr. shot and killed his son's favorite dog after the dog bit Roy Jr.'s sister. Filipino sensation Manny Pacquiao, who fights Miguel Cotto next Saturday in Vegas, and his father were estranged after the father killed and cooked Pacquiao's favorite dog to feed the family.
That may be less ridiculous than the WBC trying to ban fathers from the corners of their sons during a boxing match.
Commentary: This is ridiculous! WBC is trying to find ways to hype it's organization but their latest gimmick is simply ridiculous!
Source: World Boxing Council has daddy issues
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