Is it time to ban violent sport?

There is no glory in setting out to cause injury to another human being.

(Photo By We should be promoting sports that aren't effectively formalised pub brawls. Photo: Getty)

Last week Lance Ferguson-Prayogg died after a white-collar boxing event in Nottingham. White-collar boxing is a strange modern phenomenon, a violent battle for which graduates only need apply, where MMA meets MBA.

The sport started in New York in the 1980s (well you didn’t think I was going to say Sweden did you?). Bouts now take place around the world including in the UK, with one London club boasting over 1,000 members. Princes William and Harry and Kate Middleton have been to watch charity white collar boxing events staged by their high society chums.