subucni

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Earlier this year, ESPN ranked 60 sports on level of difficulty.

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They ranked Boxing the most difficult, with Ice Hockey second, followed by football, basketball, wrestling, and so on. What do you think about this list.

Personally, I disagree with Hockey being second. I know I am biased because I play and am a huge fan, but it just doesn't seem right. Some boxers will fight maybe just one time a year. No matter what goes into that one fight, how can it possibly be harder than an 82 game hockey season with playoffs after that? I just believe that boxing's #1 ranking is too high. I don't know where to place it, but I would definitely place hockey, football, and maybe basketball ahead of it. I also think soccer should have been ranked higher than baseball. In fact, i think baseball should be much lower. I know hitting a 100mph fastball is one of the hardest things in sports, but you only have to do it a few times a game. If any one thing shows that baseball overall is not as hard of a sport as many other major ones would be the fact that they play 162 games in a season. Also, it just doesn't seem right when someone with the athletic abilities and physique of David Wells can be one of the top players in his sport.

Your thoughts?

7ommy

Looking at your abreviated list it would appear that ESPN defines "difficulty" by the number of punches thrown.....boxing, hockey...

VTUrge311

I looked at this list differently than you, subucni... I read it as the most difficult to participate in... that is, it's harder to fight in a boxing match against someone than play in a hockey game. Or it's more difficult to surf than to fence.

I don't think it was comparing a season of hockey to a season of football, but rather comparing one game of hockey to one game of football.

slug

That was the worst list ever