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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
To each his own. I'm sure you've an interest or hobby someone else would be puzzled or disgusted by, different strokes for different folks.
I assume boxing is equally grotesque? As well as all other applied martial arts? Under what circumstances would human combat not be 'organized bar brawling'? Is a bare-knuckled brawling in hockey more acceptable, and if so, why?
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The way I see it, if it is a fight to the death with a third party (ref) making sure no one dies, it is a barbaric non-sport.
I realize that most/all combatants would let-up to the point of risking losing the fight if they realized it got to that point - I remember a fighter begging the ref to end the fight so he could release his hold, or holding a punch while staring at the ref - but broadly speaking it's still a fight to the vulnerability-of-death.
Hockey is violent, but it's still a skill sport with an element of violence, violence itself is not the skill. I morally oppose any "sport" where inflicting violence is the key skill. That includes boxing.
All that said, I still watch.