80% of boxers have some sort of brain damage

[adacas]

did you know that you are more likely to get brain damage from playing soccer than playing football......sorry back under the rock

[Tom Yum]

Boxing has both ends of the spectrum in terms of brains. You have the Klitschko bros (PhDs) and the unfortunate Ali. Everyone knows that repetitve trauma to the head can cause damage, but being able to write a dissertation is not for the average joe either.

[Sanitarium]

I don't think that's true. There may be more footballers who suffer head traumas from playing, but there's millions more footballers anyway.

How can football be worse than a sport where you get hit in the head repeatedly? It doesn't make sense.

[osopardo]

Boxing has both ends of the spectrum in terms of brains. You have the Klitschko bros (PhDs) and the unfortunate Ali. Everyone knows that repetitve trauma to the head can cause damage, but being able to write a dissertation is not for the average joe either.

Yeah... what happened with Ali? I thought his present condition was unrelated to damage from boxing 'cause he always used to boast about how pretty he was 'cause nobody could hit him.

[DavidShankle]

Hmmm....I don't believe those statistics, because I'm betting it's a lot higher than that. I bet 80% of non-boxers over the age of about 30 have some sort of brain damage. For instance, I'm 18....I've had a few concussions just from football(and 1 from soccer). Therefore, I have my share of brain damage. If you've ever hit your head even once very hard at all, you probably have "some sort" of brain damage. I say age 30, because after that age, you've probably had some wear and tear done to your body. And no, I'm not making that up. After a concussion my physical therapist told me this. So I'll go ahead and say that, more than likely, 100% of active boxers will have some sort of brain damage by the end of their career. However, many of them will go on with little to no evidence that this brain "damage" even exists.

[Toudiyama[NL]]

Yeah... what happened with Ali? I thought his present condition was unrelated to damage from boxing 'cause he always used to boast about how pretty he was 'cause nobody could hit him.

I thought Ali's condition was due to Parkinsons disease not from getting hit

[DavidShankle]

Well Parkinson's is a nerve ailment, which means it's centralized in the brain. So years of boxing can't definitely aid Parkinson's and even help cause it.

[sherwinc]

that's what a side note said in this month's Men's Fitness magazine. Hard to believe......but is it true?

it is really true that boxing can cause brain damage????? since its a human dummy, ..... it is really true?????

how about Muay Thai, American Kickboxing, wrestling???????

[Tameo]

Whats up with boxers always bobbing and weaving? Doesnt that make their head a target for kicks?

[Boxing Master]

Bobbing and Weaving

Whats up with boxers always bobbing and weaving? Doesnt that make their head a target for kicks?

In essence weaving does make your head susceptible to lower body attacks, especially knees, but weaving is a circumstancial movement. It is supposed to be used as a defensive maneuver against a lateral head attack(i.e. Hook punch, Lateral Elbow strike), not as a general body movement, unless that is the boxer's strategy to get a fighter to commit to throwing the knee or kick and counter attack at either the lower abomen, solar plexus, in the case of grappling(Boxer/Grappler), to grab the leg for the takedown. Bobbing can be used both offensively and defensively as a way to keep the head a moving target so that the opponent cannot get a easy lock for head strikes, and to dodge jabs, crosses, straight punches, and other linear strikes. Bobbing and Weaving is extremely effective if applied rightly. A Boxer will be a moving target that will be difficult to hit with upper body strikes, and if the boxer is an exceptional counter puncher, he/she can use them to set up counter attacks against a kick, since a kick requires the raising of one's leg, which leaves them vunerable to attack.

[sherwinc]

Whats up with boxers always bobbing and weaving? Doesnt that make their head a target for kicks?

Strike to any target that is being presented....

(if no target that is being presented)

Strike where you see in motion........

[HuSanYan]

The same can be said of alcoholics...

also dope heads....
(HSY contributes to the thread)

[silentdragon]

Joe Mesi just got a blood clot in his head in the last fight with Jirov.

[thunder_bunny]

I wouldn't believe everything you read. Especially those little side notes. I can remember a lot of false blurps in some of the fitness magazines I've read.

[Tom Yum]

also dope heads....
(HSY contributes to the thread)

As a dope head or as Hu San Yan? Say not to Drugs (excluding cafeine, alcohol,tobacky and aspirine)