General Discussion

Libby, I grew up in dawlish, no longer live there but my family does, and with my own eyes I have seen a significant increase in anti social behaviour from young people who reside there. Owing to the generally quite racist (not you!) attitudes of MANY people in Dawlish and devon in general, the issue of ethnic background and boxing isn't relevant to this discussion as sadly there are very few ...

@Libby you're missing my point - i was talking about the fact that the craft of something like boxing is a very useful tool for shaping fitness and dicipline and self worth etc, especially in today's social climate and especially somewhere like dawlish, or any other provincial small town where violence and anti social behaviour is rife. i wasn't starting a socioeconomic debate, but regardless of ...

in response to fannyann's boxing thread, i actually agree. boxing clubs have historically been a great platform for young men to learn dicipline, fitness and respect in a safe environment, i think the emphasis is on the training rather than actual fights. pethaps fannyann's snob comment referred to the fact that libby stated people who box are usually under-priviledged, which is a rather narrow ...