Evening

On Saturday, Vallecas Stadium experienced an intense and multidisciplinary moment. On the grass, Lightning played his game against Almeria, 'cock' of the category that could only draw a draw. At the same time, in the belly of the stadium, other things were happening. In the gym, one of the most traditional boxing in Madrid, there was an evening in which amateurs and professionals, men and women , fought . While, at the door next to the gym, in the chess club, full of spectators, a tournament was held.

It was a good reminder of something that football clubs of universal dimension have already lost: the ability to build a neighborhood, to bring together neighborhood activities. This always reminds me of the way in which the fans of Buenos Aires, who use their facilities even for Sunday roasts or First Communion celebrations, still live the relationship with their football club. Do not try in Valdebebas.

I stop in boxing. Those of the Rayo gym are part of those modest evenings and interclub competitions that are also held in many other neighborhood gyms. The spectators discover new talents -there is quality-, the professionals add flight hours and the 'amateurs' get tanned, learn to handle the tension of the competition and the public. They would be ideal to foster the hobby among young people, but for that it would be necessary for parents to be able to take our younger children as we took them to football or to a museum. That is not possible. In the Community of Madrid, an infamous law still applies, because he does not know the social role of boxing in the neighborhoods, conceived only to destroy the love of noble art and prevent its transmission from father to son, which consists in prohibiting the Access of minors to these evenings. The paradox is outrageous: a 16-year-old boy can fight in an interclub, but his 17-year-old brother can't come in to see him. What is an anti-boxing law proves that it does not apply when it comes to other contact sports.

Now that we are involved in the famous cultural war and there is some competition between the parties for being the first to grab a cause, throw me out in Madrid and take care of boxing. Boxing is also waiting to be released from certain progressive prejudices, especially now that society has discovered it naturally as fashion. Maintaining that law is not understanding anything.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

• Madrid
• Almeria
• Madrid's community
• sports

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