"Fight Fever" -- Boston Globe Op-Ed.

[david]

"From 'gender-bender' bouts to 'ultimate' extremes, there's a new culture of fisticuffs..."

Is it really?

"...as any honest fan can tell you, boxing's is an atavistic appeal. To watch two fighters square off is to move from the realm of the intellect to that of the brutal basic instinct and thus surrender to something deep, raw, satisfying -- and sadistic."

I know what I think and will come back to it later when I have more time. What do you think?

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