How dangerous are bloody sports?

Question

My husband is very interested in sports like marital arts and boxing . During this fights sportsmen are bleeding badly often. I am wondering if they can pass to each other blood born deceases if they have any? Also do they have any health check up before the fight?

Answer 1

hopefully there will be no danger at all as people compete in  very organized events you cant just go in to the ring and fight , before having tests to check that you are not taking anything illegal and to check you are in a good condition.

hope that helps :)

Answer 2

there IS actually a 55% chance of getting a disease through fighting once a cut is opened. Pretty good odds if you ask me. (If you want to die)

Answer 3

They're bloody.... How safe could they be? Great sport. A man's sport.

Answer 4

Enough

Answer 5

"Cagefighting is certainly ugly, you have to really enjoy violence to be a fan.

Answer 6

they could get aids.

Answer 7

They test the fighters often for those types of things and only allow the clean fighters to fight.

Answer 8

haha. that is not what you should be worrying about. If they don't check blood before a situation like this then you should go tell them to. I'm sure they will be thrilled some one thought of that. you could make a lot of money. haha sry to come off nasty but it better supports my point i think

Answer 9

Yes, fighters are tested before they fight, but they are not tested before they train.  You don't know where a training partner has been, so whenever there's blood, it needs to be addressed immediately.  Almost every gym and dojo will have a hazardous human pathogen kit, peroxide, and ammonia.  

Tommy Morrison was forcibly retired from boxing because of a positive HIV test.

Answer 10

yeah u can pass on things through open cuts, and even without any blood u can get things like ringworms, and **** , amatuer fighters have to have blood work done every 6 months i think and pros do it before every fight

Answer 11

Professional fighters must undergo a complete physical and I've never been to a gym thats allowed someone to roll around on their mats with a fungal infection of any sort. Plus they keep the mats clean more often than you would think. They have sprays for just that purpose. As far as contracting a disease from contact to blood or saliva you only find that kind of c**p in amatuer, low budget, p**s poor establishments. The worst thing that could happen in martial arts or boxing is a crippling K.O., broken bones, severe head trauma, and as any fighter knows painful groin shots and those d**n eye pokes. So a bloodborn disease should rank at the bottom of your worry list. In my years of fighting experience I've never seen a fatality and I surely havent known anyone to get a disease from a 30 min. squabble on the mat.