Ban Boxing?

Once again a proposal to ban boxing is in the news. Boxers sustain a lot of head injuries. Some don't have much to start with, so a carreer in the ring is their only chance of success. John Hardy is just another one of those people who wants to eliminate chances of success for poor people. I say that because I don't often see rich kids becoming pugilists. With out boxing, we'd have never known the wit of gassious Cassius Clay, the draft dodging punk kid who became Mohammed Ali. I doubt we would have George Forman grills either.
The kids need to know the risks, but between being shot in a drive by. or getting beaten in the ring, some don't have much to choose from. Keep boxing, its more entertaining then a drive by, and less likely to hurt bystanders.