After Christmas my 8 year old grandson wants to learn how to box..

So..in this ever growing violent world i want take him Boxing. I believe in never forcing a child to do anything they never want to do. I love the art of fighting. It still never stopped me getting bullied even though i learned to slip and punch pretty hard with both hands. But RL violence by kids my own age back then terrified me. I love encouraging my children and grandchildren to do the things they desire so iam taking my 8 year old grandson. If he doesnt like it then it stops. Im kind of hoping he does though because being bullied is a terrifying ordeal. I think being forced to fight made me a "coward" back before i was a teenager. I lived in a very rough council estate and often got a punch in the face but, LOVED after a few years, going for it with gloves. It made me quick, strong and accurate and the lil dude who bullied me and made me afraid to go out to play in 1976 felt what it was like himself when we both turned 16. I just hate bullies and id encourage any parent whos child wants to learn a combat sport to hang with them, because guns and other 'cowardly ways to beat a person aside" its only your fists head and legs that will help protect you and get you away from a situation. Ive been in a few. I could look after myself OK but i think (today especially) learning from young age if desired will help anyone who learns the ability to block blows and counter and learning to wrestle too equates to where fights go. Fists or wrestle or both. Unless you got shot 😆 but its very unusual. But in much more common unharmed situations it is important for anyone who may face attacks that happen, and 90% do somewhere in life. We all could imaging a situation doing some combos on someone, but in the real world it doesnt work unless you know how a fight feels or have been hit.. theres genuinely only 1 way to condition/protect your face body and head. Boxing can be taught in many styles and elusive counter puches usually work. Hit and not be hit if atracked. I think its good if he wants it. He.ll only be hitting mitts and little bags at his age anyway. He wont be fighting. Just learning a very possible and useful tool for any event that in life"almost certainly may and do occur that he can get away safely from it. Or a better chance atleast, which is why im not hesitating to take my lil 8 year old GS to train if he likes it. Time will tell. Theres no pressure on him. But yes, if he does then the earlier the better. 99% of times people who can fight dont or dont want to. But theres always the odd trouble maker that you.ll encounterat some point. The point of this post is to ask would you take your kids/grandkids/nieces/nephews to do such a thing? I just fear the ugliness in this world brewing up. Even a punch and run tactic will do. But if you cant fight (and theres nothing wrong with that) you do usually end up being someones prey. And they are usually very cowardly types who repeat the ugly process if you dont or cannot stand up for yourself. It can be a tough deal in life to be on the receiving end.
And I have. Millions have also.... So