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If you take into account the risk of permanent brain damage, boxing (as well as rugby/football) is sacrificeable.
Never did any of those myself, but I think that being consensual, they don't count as violence.
It's complicated. Power dynamics at school and at home, as well as joblessness in some countries, may make a sports career less than voluntary.