What are the chances of seriously injuring one's hands in amateur boxing?

If someone wants to be a pianist or surgeon or something requiring lots of manual dexterity, would boxing be a problem?





I understand everything carries a risk, but is it common?|||yes... for those professions, I would not recommend boxing... broken hands are more common in professional boxing than in amatuer boxing, but still in amatuer boxing it is quite common.





I suppose you could fix it by not hitting so hard... but then what would be the point of boxing.|||very high.





Even with a good wrap job, obviously hand inuries are common.





If you want to avoid broken hands and broken noses, probably a good idea to avoid boxing.





Breaking hands\nose is nearly a certainty if you box long enough.





Cheers,


Greg Jackson


Tigard, OR


http://www.JaxonsGottaGun.com|||if you are an espiring surgeon you should not be a boxer. stick to school. you could be a doctor and help boxers and even be a cutman but if you are the type of person that has it in them to become a doctor you shouldn%26#039;t be getting in the ring. a doctor is a job that you need to be able to devote your time and energy to. being a boxer is the same way and both jobs can%26#039;t happen at the same time|||It%26#039;s all too common, I did a lil fighting in the ring and alot in the streets and I injured my hand 1st in the ring. Most common type of hand injury in fighting in a %26quot;Boxing Fracture.%26quot;|||100%