Posted on Tue May 22, 2007 at 11:45:30 AM EST in Other Sports
More on: helmet boxing, kids, ouch (all tags)

Kids (boys) love to fight; simple as that. And they are going to do anything to get their fix of physicality. So, now there is a new sensation sweeping the youth of the nation and it is called helmet boxing. Basically, it's boxing while wearing helmets and gloves and it occurs anywhere and everywhere you can find kids who are willing to beat the crap out of each other. It could be in the front yard, the back yard, the neighbor's yard, the living room, the locker room, the bath room...we think you get the idea.

Apparently these kids think that adding helmets and a ref to the street fights make them safe, but a lot of times these brawls go until someone gets knocked the F out and business is picking up in emergency rooms because of it.

Now, we're not saying that this doesn't look like fun; in fact, we're off to grab our old lacrosse gear out of the closet as we speak, but we can understand why parents would be pissed off about this. But hey, it's beats the hell out of letting your kids handle their problems with each other like this:

Links:
[MySA.com]: Dangerous helmet boxing growing in popularity

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