Benny Paret's Death Cause And Effect

There are a lot of people worldwide that enjoy watching the sport boxing. In 1962, two men were fighting in a boxing match, and only one man was lucky enough to escape death. The man named Benny Paret was brutally beaten by his opponent. After he was in a coma for nine days, he died. This fight was witnessed by millions of television viewers and the people that were present in the location where the match was held. Many people think since his opponent fought him brutally that caused Benny’s death, but there can be much more causes and effects to his death. Norman Cousins was and journalist, who wrote an essay name “Who Killed Benny Paret?”. He might have written this essay to change the view of the death, and how there can be

more causes and effects to his death. His thesis in this essay was to show how boxing is not just a sport, it can be using violence towards another person. The people who watch boxing does not just go to watch a boxing match, they also want to get entertained by the violence of the sport boxing. Mainly, the fans want to see a major knock-out. His intended audience for this essay was the fans that were around the fighting ring. He wanted to show how fans could have impacted Benny’s opponent to brutally beat him. When the fans were cheering his opponent it might have strengthened him to beat Benny harder, and that might have caused his death as well. Other than the fans, there are many causes and effects that could have led to Benny’s death. For example, he might not have been ready to fight at that time, doctors were not being able to treat him in time, the referee not stopping the fight, and many more. Sometimes, him getting beaten in a previous fight could have impacted his death as well. Mostly, the writer of the essay was blaming the audience for his death. If the audience was not encouraging and cheering his opponent to fight, Benny might have still been alive.