Letter: Ban Tyson, and the entire sport

Tuesday, Oct. 6, 1998 | 9:24 a.m.

I'd like to challenge the Nevada State Athletic commissioners to go further, and honestly ask themselves, "Is Nevada best served by licensing boxing at all?"

While no sport is totally free of risk, only boxing has as its goal the infliction of damage on participants. Recent medical research confirms that even a few concussions in a lifetime can result in permanent brain damage.

Also, the dangers of boxing affect the young men of our minority communities disproportionately. This includes the few who succeed and make the big bucks as well as the many who don't.

Let's take the lead as Nevadans and make boxing illegal.

Mareth Nelson

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