How likely are you to get brain damage from amateur boxing?

[Larry the boss]

anytime you get hit in the head there is a risk of death or brain damage

[megadeth]

The bigger worry isn't the actual fights, it's all the sparring.

I've seen some gyms put there guys through gym wars regularly, or put there guys in with dudes way bigger than them, and let there guys go all out.

That's some real stupid ish. Sparring is to learn and get better, not to find out who's better. IMO the majority of brain damage happens in the gym.

This is one of the silly things about Floyd having these extended gym wars. He is worried about "health comes first" in regards to fighting someone on PED's but for some reason that doesn't seem to enter his head when it comes to him or his guys having marathon sparring in his gym. Unbridled Lunacy! Nothing more than a d*ck measuring contest that can leave you with permanent brain damage.

[Hype job]

This is one of the silly things about Floyd having these extended gym wars. He is worried about "health comes first" in regards to fighting someone on PED's but for some reason that doesn't seem to enter his head when it comes to him or his guys having marathon sparring in his gym. Unbridled Lunacy! Nothing more than a d*ck measuring contest that can leave you with permanent brain damage.

Very true.

He (alongside many other fighters) probably think the headgear means they take less damage, but that's not true, they get less cuts etc but concussions, trauma and general brain damage is probably worse with head gear as it increases the rotational force on the head, that's why it's hard to base the mileage of a fighter purely off of fights alone, except if the guy has an awful defence, like that guy said, most of the ageing of a fighter and untold damage goes on in gyms.

[Wyl-Out]

Head gear hurts just as bad as no head gear..