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# But Rocky Balboa was Catholic
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/2716/
- Published: 2005-10-16T22:02:55.000Z
- Updated: 2005-10-16T22:02:55.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Sports, #wpChunk

The magazine probably has a point, but it'd come as a shock to generations of Irish and Italians who used to train in city gyms:

> A leading Catholic magazine has described professional boxing as "a legalised form of attempted homicide", driven by "cruel" businessmen.

> The latest issue of *Civilta Cattolica* (*Catholic Civilisation*) says 500 boxers have died from injuries sustained in the ring over the past 100 years.

> Its says boxers are treated by promoters "as money-making machines."

[Link](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4340514.stm?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).