| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
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| NUMBER: | 8804 |
| AUTHOR: | Joseph F Boyle, President, Amer Medical Assn |
| QUOTATION: | It seems to us an extraordinarily incongruous thing that we have a sport in which two people are literally paid to get into a ring and try to beat one another to death, or at least beat them into a state of senselessness which will then leave them permanently brain-damaged. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | On resolution calling for abolition of boxing, NYTimes 6 Dec 84 |
| SUBJECTS: | Communications & the Arts: Sports: Observers & Critics |
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