UTEP Gets Tentative Approval to Host Chavez-Lee Fight
The University of Texas at El Paso may get to host a boxing match between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. of Mexico and Andy Lee of Ireland at Sun Bowl Stadium after all.
University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa has given the go-ahead to Diana Natalicio, president of UTEP, to move forward with contract negotiations that would allow them to host the highly anticipated event on the school's campus.
Earlier this week, Cigarroa decided that UTEP would not play host to the event, citing a risk assessment that noted the risk for the event was "higher than normal." The ...
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Judy Burns via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Did he really use process twice in that sentence? Oh, dear.
Gary Brewton
Boxing causes permanent, disabling brain damage--just look at Muhammad Ali. Private citizens can do what they want with their own money within the law. But as a matter of public health, boxing should not be promoted at or encouraged by tax-supported public institutions.
Gary Brewton MD FACP
Bologna Vest
I'm with Dr. Brewton. I was surprised when I saw Dr. Cigarroa -- a medical doctor -- base his previous decision on some assumed exogenous risk. Seeing the original headline I assumed he was basing it on the senseless brain damage of boxing and taking a stand against an institution of higher learning sanctioning the event. Instead it was a strange stance on security that could be raised about every public sporting event held at the Sun Bowl.