A British boxer has died

A British boxer has died after he lost on his professional debut in London, officials said.

Sherif Lawal was knocked down by a blow to the head from Malam Varela in the fourth round of a scheduled six-round middleweight fight on Sunday at Harrow Leisure Centre. The referee waved it off to allow paramedics to attend to Lawal. He was taken to hospital but died. He was 29.

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Isn't it part of the problem that we consider this a sport? That is, deliberately trying to rattle someone's brain around so violently that it causes them to lose consciousness? If that happened on the street, the aggressor would be arrested and charged.

If "slap fighting" is a sport, then what's wrong with the next logical step that way into boxing?