Baltimore mayor suggests boxing bouts could help reduce city’s violent crime

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images An aerial view of Baltimore City skyline on December 1, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland.After an especially violent weekend in Baltimore, MD — a deadly stabbing and eight shootings — city leaders are calling for outside-the-box thinking to help solve the city’s violent crime rate.

WBALTV reports that one of the unconventional ideas being discussed, by city Mayor Jack Young, is letting people fight — with their fists — to solve their issues.

“Gun violence has been plaguing this city for the last 10 years,” said Young to reporters. “The murder rate in this city and non-fatal shootings have increased. I’m not happy with it and neither should the citizens of…