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dc.contributor.authorTorres, Cesar R.
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-07T17:47:29Z
dc.date.available2021-09-07T17:47:29Z
dc.date.issued2017-10-31
dc.identifier.citationTorres, C. R. & Parry, J. (2017). Boxing and the Youth Olympic Games. Diagoras: International Academic Journal on Olympic Studies, 1, 169–190. Retrieved from http://diagorasjournal.com/index.php/diagoras/article/view/14
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/2414
dc.descriptionPublished under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ --- This work was supported by Charles University, Czech Republic [grant number PROGRES Q19].
dc.description.abstractBoxing has been featured in the Competitive Program of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) since the event was inaugurated in Singapore in 2010. This paper examines whether boxing is a suitable sport to advance the professed goals of the YOG. It concludes that it is not, and that it should be removed from the YOG’s Competitive Program. One line of argument focuses on the questionable impact of boxing on the health of young athletes. In this regard, issues of autonomy, consent, and paternalism are discussed in relation to the health of these athletes. A second line of argument focuses on the central purpose of boxing and its relation to Olympism. The paper suggests that, in light of the sport’s moral failings, the discontinuation of boxing would better align the YOG with the values of Olympism.
dc.subjectYouth Olympic Games
dc.subjectBoxing
dc.subjectOlympism
dc.subjectEthics
dc.titleBoxing and the Youth Olympic Games
dc.typearticle
dc.source.journaltitleDiagoras: International Academic Journal on Olympic Studies
dc.source.volume1
refterms.dateFOA2021-09-07T17:47:29Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY Brockport
dc.source.peerreviewedTRUE
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.description.publicationtitleKinesiology, Sport Studies and Physical Education Faculty Publications
dc.contributor.organizationThe College at Brockport
dc.languate.isoen_US


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