Boxing: What is its Future ?

For background on Jerry Quarry see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Q... or www.nytimes.com/1999/01/05/spo...
After the premature death of Jerry Quarry - What Now for Boxing ?
0:00 Introduction
0:12 The Case for Intervention
0:49 A Comparison with Taxes on Smoking
1:27 Taxation: Preferable to Prohibition
Introduction ...
The purpose of this presentation is to argue that additional taxes on professional boxing is an appropriate way to reduce the injuries, and premature deaths, associated with the sport.
The Case for Intervention
Professional boxing imposes costs on society. Boxing related costs include: the expense of treating boxing-related injury and longer-term dementias.
There is also the harm caused to the families of injured boxers.
The head injuries associated with past boxers, such as Muhammad Ali and Jerry Quarry, are well known.
But boxing injuries and deaths are still happening with the recent death of an Australian boxer, Braydon Smith, in 2015.
A Comparison with Taxes on Smoking
An additional tax on professional boxing would be like taxes on cigarettes.
There needs to be a way of incorporating the 'cost' of head and other injuries, from boxing, into the ticket price paid by the customer.
Increased tax can be used to reduce the number of fights and reduce the number of head injuries.
A tax could help discourage a 47-old boxer, with dementia, from having another professional fight.
Sport Gets a Black Eye When Old-Timers Put on the Gloves.
Taxation: Preferable to Prohibition
The prohibition of alcohol in America, in the 1920's, was arguably a failure.
The enforcement of a ban on boxing would impose financial costs on the state. Money which could be better spent elsewhere.
Conclusion
"There is no doubt that there are health-related risks connected with professional boxing”.
These health-related risks require intervention.
However, taxation is a better method of intervention than prohibition.
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In memory of Jerry Quarry 1945-1999
JERRY QUARRY - Biography
BORN; MAY 15, 1945
WHERE; BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA
NATIONALITY; IRISH AMERICAN
Weight (Pro Career) 183lbs to 205lbs
Height 6'
Record (pro) 53-9-4 33 KO's
Co-Managers; Jack Quarry / Johnny Flores
Jerry Quarry first put on a pair of boxing gloves when he was three years old. By the time he was eight, he had won the Jr, Golden Gloves- 45lb Champion. he continued in the amateurs until 1964 when he culminated a great amateur career by winning the National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Championship and was the Tournaments most outstanding fighter. He set a record that is still standing today. Jerry won the title by knocking all five opponents out in three days.
Under the watchful eyes of his co-managers, his dad and veteran fight manager Johnnie Flores, Jerry turned pro in May of 1965. He ran off 12 wins in a row before running into Tony Doyle and was held to his first draw. He also had two draws with Tony Alongi. His first loss came in his 20th pro bout, against a tough veteran Eddie Machen. his loss was attributed to poor conditioning and at the time Jerry promised that poor conditioning would never cost him another loss. He beat Joey Orbillo, Alex Miteff, Billy Daniels, Floyd Patterson, Buster Mathis, Brian London, Jack Bodell, Mac Foster, Ron Lyle, Thad Spencer just to name a few.
Jerry lost a disputed 15 round decision to Jimmy Ellis for the WBA version of the Heavyweight title that was stripped away from Muhammad Ali.
Boxing Illustrated named Jerry the most popular professional boxer in the world in 1968,1969 and in 1970 was tied with Muhammad Ali to share the honor. Jerry fought Muhammad Ali in what was billed as the return of the champ. jerry got cut early in the fight and received eighteen stitches plus the loss.
Jerry came along in a boxing era that many considered to be the best of all time. In the middle 70's Jerry managed him self and was trained by Gil Clancy. Jerry continued to fight off and on until his last fight in 1992. From 1964 to 1992, 28 years 53-9-4 33 ko's
NOW JERRY IS FIGHTING TO HELP ALL ATHLETES WHO BECOME INJURED FROM BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA AND SUFFER FROM BRAIN DAMAGE. This is also known as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease or dementia pugilistica.
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Muhammad Ali born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist. He is regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century. Ali was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, and began training as an amateur boxer at age 12. At 18, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics, and turned professional later that year. He became a Muslim after 1961, and eventually took the name Muhammad Ali.
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Comment on the Donohue show circa 97: I was moved by how open his whole family was with the dangers and results of boxing. His mom was there, and I think his sister. Many fighters go into hiding when they are hurt that bad, Ali is rarely seen speaking these days (2009), Robinson died in seclusion and here Quarry was on national tv in good spirits no less. They spoke objectively about his brain "shrivelled like an 80 year old's" his mom went on to speak of Bobby Chacon and a whole slew of fighters at the IBHOF she saw that were in horrible condition. I think they were pushing for more safety, a pension plan and weren't bashing the sport or displaying bitterness. They were just good people.
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[@lendrury2771]

Plus the cheap booze did in Quarry also . The dude was a falling down drunkard

[@garychynne1377]

nonsense

[@lendrury2771]

Quarry was a stoo bum.