Yours faithfully

Mr Adam Huckle

At competition venues, boxing rings are typically elevated close to a metre off the ground, with the floor below being concrete... Surely anyone with half an ounce of common sense can see that a padded cage is safer than the possibility of fighters rolling or falling out of the ring and onto a concrete floor.

Quite clearly, the decision was not made with consideration to the safety of the fighters.

But I'll Keep it short.

I've been a fan of boxing, muay thai and mma for over 10 years.
I've lost count of the amount of times I've seen Boxing and muay thai fights where an althlete has fallen through or been tossed over the ropes, often ending in injury.

Not once have I seen this happen where a cage has been used. I've also never seen anyone suffer an injury by falling into, bouncing off or rubbing against a cage.

Finally as a regular member of an mma club that provides both an octogon cage and a roped ring, I always choose the cage for sparring sessions as I've injured my back using the roped ring.

It's very hard to understand the reasoning behind this move on banning the use of cages.

I'll put it down to ignorance, poor education and will do my part to have this ban overturned.