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Why football, not boxing, should be atop the 'most difficult sports' list

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Have you ever stopped to think about what’s the most difficult sport to play?

Is it ice hockey, which combines skating skills, precise hand-eye coordination and teamwork? Or perhaps rugby, which has some of the hard hits of football, only without pads? Or is it a sport that’s a little more fine-tuned like figure skating? When was the last time you tried pulling off a triple axel?

Well, according to Unbiased America Sports, the most difficult sport is…boxing.

A graphic circulated across the Twittersphere over the weekend that listed 60 sports, ranked by difficulty. The list included boxing, ice hockey and football ranked in the top three spots.