Is boxing really a sport?

Sir, – Looking at the picture of Katie Taylor and her opponent in Monday’s Irish Times (December 13th), I was both saddened and appalled.

Do we not have enough violence in the world without two women beating each other in this way?

I don’t go along with the claim that the skill in boxing allows it to be called a sport. It is an outrageous display and it is hard to understand why it attracts spectators. – Yours, etc,

MARGARET BUTLER,

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Booterstown,

Co Dublin.