So who thinks that boxing messes up the brain? Some scientists and neurologists say boxing lowers your intelligence and thinking rate, it makes you stupid and kills your braincells and makes holes in your brain. But.... some scientists and nuerologists say they've found no sings of brain damage or trauma due to boxing. They say that boxing has little to no effect on the brain whatsoever. I want to see want the fans and, I know some of us here are boxers ourselves, think about one of the most controversial theories in boxing.
Meldrick Taylor man thats all you have to look at to know. There is however, some lucky people like Gatti, who suprisingly still speak well.
Gattis speach HAS deteriated over the years! So has his timing ;)
I forget where I read it but I think the statistic was the 75% of boxers with more than 20 fights show some signs of brain damage.
Edit
Here it is :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing
The AMA reports brain deterioration in three out of four boxers who have twenty or more professional fights.
Chuvalo, Lamotta as Stinger said, and what about Willie Pep. He fought 240 fights and is still alive and healthy from what I understand. Even thought he was a defence artists, he did fought many many fights.
It's not whether you think boxing damages the brain or not.
It's a well known fact that boxing effects the brain, who would think otherwise? It effects some fighters more than others though. Jake Lamotta and George Chuvalo both took a lot of punishment and fought a lot of fights and yet they are still alive and healthy today. But obviously their brains have been affected in some way.
Concerning Toney, he spars ALOT. What alot of people fail to realize when they say a guy has not taken alot of punishment in his fights is that alot of the punishment comes in the gym.
ROFLLLL, you dont have to be a doctor to know that being constantly hit in the head is gonna cause problems to your head. The same way I wouldn't be surpised if someone who got kicked in the legs for a living later on developed problems walking. ROFL
i dont think it causes brain problems, i KNOW it causes brain problems. the human head and brain are NOT designed to take repeated blows to the head over a number of years.
this thread is retarded.
joe fraizer, bobby chocon, ali, hearns, riddick bowe, meldrick taylor, what sorry ass scientist got anything to say about this evidence
not all people are susepcable to it though
Does boxing cause brain damage?
Answer:
Have a conversation with Tommy Hearns today
or good ol' Muhammed Ali
Then tell me boxing doesn't cause brain damage.
Yea I couldn't find any story on scientists who say pro boxing doesn't inflict significant damage to the brain. The only stories I could find are stories where scientists do say that pro boxing inflicts significant damage to the brain.