Many sports can cause injuries such as football, soccer, and even golf. Athletes can tear a ligament or cartilage in their knee by just doing something as simple as running. Often, the healing process can take weeks, months, or even years to recover from the injury. One of the least understood sports is amateur boxing. People do not realize the precautions taken toward the safety of boxers. Critics of boxing have long called boxing a brutal sport. Perhaps it is safer than football where not only one, but eleven trying to hit the athlete. Boxing has been classified as one of the most dangerous sports, but that is not true for there is more safety taken place than there is