No, absolutely not; getting hurt has nothing to do with sports. The worst thing I could think is: "Well, he could have expected it, after kicking around other people himself." Strange enough (?) it's normally a he...
To be honest: boxing matches are an exeption, but I hardly watch them, so I could not develop a disliking as yet. (However...)

Would you call a bottle of nice wine "half full" or "half empty"...? (Provided 50% of the nectar is gone, of course.)