A prizefighter could be seriously injured or even killed during a match. 職業拳擊手有可能在比賽中受到重傷，甚至喪命。
Though he was technically a prizefighter, Mendoza did much to change crude prizefighting into a sport, for he brought science to the game. 雖然門多薩嚴格來講不過是個職業拳擊手，但在把這種粗野的拳擊變成一種體育運動方面，他作出了重大貢獻。