First off, I have to say that dog and cock fighting is cruel, unusual, and barbaric and anyone caught engaging in this type of activity needs to go to prison straight away.
Moving on, I guess you could call boxing a cruel sport but the contestants aren’t forced to participate. They’ve chosen that sport as something they want to do and they do it voluntarily. It is a combative contest and with that will come the inevitable injury and maiming that goes with it. Simply put, it’s violence in a controlled environment.
Now, what I see is even more over the top than boxing is cage fighting that seems to be getting bigger every day. It seems to me that cage fighters are a lot more cruel and violent to each other and they inflict much more injury on each other than boxers do. I understand that they are using various forms of martial arts but seriously, that can be some vicious fighting in that cage.