I can't understand half the words coming out of his mouth. This is sad.
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Damn Terry Norris is slurring his speech BAD!
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I am assuming he didnt talk like this before as i never heard him talk before. Ive seen him fight before but not talk.
But its not a sad thing about boxing, as its very rare. Most ex great pro boxers ive seen interviewed dont slur, and talk eloquently, as do all pro boxers who are curently fighting.
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This isn't very common today with top boxers because top boxers didn't fight that often compared to the olden days where slurring was very common for retired boxers especially losing journey men who had over 100 fights.
I believe Terry speech was slurring do to heavy sparring he would spar 5 days a week even when he had no fight, just like James Toney these guys would spar even when they didn't have a fight. Freddie Roach said too much sparring is where the damage is really done for a lot of these guys, especially when they are cutting weight and don't have enough fluids in the brain. Riddick Bowe slurs bad, even Jeremy Williams has a heavy tongue and sounds punch drunk.
Another guy who slurs like that is Jason Litzau, he gets hit a lot in fights, knocked out and knocked down a lot and also would spar a lot when he was younger.
Most top boxers today who are not brawlers, will not slur unless they spar too much and get hit a lot in sparring on purpose thinking it will help them take a punch better in a fight.
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Paul Mallignagi obviously has never sparred in his life, neither has david haye and the klitschos.
But the golden era of boxing SRL took some tough fights as did hagler and they all talk ok. They are a good advert for taking up boxing as there dont seem to be any lasting damage.
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