cybercoma Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 Section 83 of the Criminal Code needs to be changed: 83(1) Engaging in prize fight83. (1) Every one who (a) engages as a principal in a prize fight, ( advises, encourages or promotes a prize fight, or © is present at a prize fight as an aid, second, surgeon, umpire, backer or reporter, is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction. 83(2) Definition of "prize fight" (2) In this section, "prize fight" means an encounter or fight with fists or hands between two persons who have met for that purpose by previous arrangement made by or for them, but a boxing contest between amateur sportsmen, where the contestants wear boxing gloves of not less than one hundred and forty grams each in mass, or any boxing contest held with the permission or under the authority of an athletic board or commission or similar body established by or under the authority of the legislature of a province for the control of sport within the province, shall be deemed not to be a prize fight. Fight sports have evolved into Mixed Martial Arts, yet our Criminal Code only allows for "boxing" to be recognized. I feel that the wording should be changed to allow for other kinds of combat sports to be allowed. Boxing should be replaced with "combat sports" or simply "martial arts". MMA has a proven track record of being safer than boxing, football and hockey which are all allowed by commissions like the OAC. The law should not allow one fight sport, which is a lot more dangerous, while banning all others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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