what makes a fighter drop when getting hit?

I've always wanted to know, what makes a fighter drop ? I see fighters get hit on the chin and their legs wobble like jelly, why does this response occur ? I saw on another forum someone write ' Every time he (Amir Khan) wobbles that's due to a concusion, that is, his brain bouncing off his skull. For some reason his brain seems to hit his skull fairly easily, and that can't be good for his health.' If that is the case, then that is simply worrying for the boxers health, your skull being misplaced CANNOT be good for your health... but does a concusion occur even when the fighter gets hit on the chin ? Or is it just for the temple ?

Comments (14)

CasperUK

The body has in-built safety mechanism. When you get his, your body reacts by dropping out (ie knockdown) to avoid further punishment. Everybody has it to varying degrees (pain tolerances/thresholds). The saving grace for chinny boxers is that one punch can KO them cold, and in later life their speech and co-ordination rarely get affected. However, those with stellar chins end up with slurred speech (Toney, Holyfield) etc.

17y ago

Macho_Madness

The only way the thickness of your skull would matter in this case is if you were getting beaten by a hammer. When you get hit in the head, your brain sloshes around inside your skull. That is what causes it. There's no mysterious bone, or sonic shockwaves, or anything else. It's a simple concussion caused by impact and kinetic energy. yeh i looked it up lol soz for dishonoring ur far superior knowledge lol u gotta admit it does feel like a shock when u get a minor concussion

17y ago

Stickman

all it is is the impact on the brain and how thick and thin certain parts of ur head are like the temple, when the chin gets hit and can cause a cause a chain reaction through the skull from impact shakin the brain around, also did u know that u cannot feel pain on ur brain, the more u know The only way the thickness of your skull would matter in this case is if you were getting beaten by a hammer. When you get hit in the head, your brain sloshes around inside your skull. That is what causes it. There's no mysterious bone, or sonic shockwaves, or anything else. It's a simple concussion caused by impact and kinetic energy.

17y ago

Macho_Madness

17y ago

Stickman

it has to do whih a bone in your neck thats snaps out of place for a sec when the impact happens You can't seriously think that. Did any of you people take a high school anatomy class at all?

17y ago

Dinamita

The fookin ring post. LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... fucking shit this guy has me rollin'

17y ago

Zarco

it has to do whih a bone in your neck thats snaps out of place for a sec when the impact happens

17y ago

Swizzy

17y ago

Stickman

You guys are all wrong. It's called "Concussion". Your brain gets sloshed around inside your cranium, causing varrying degrees of incoherence, usually in direct proportion to the force of the blow, the location of the contact, and whether the fighters head was stationary when it was hit. The symptom severity ranges from slight and very temporary loss of motor control (hands drop, legs go rubbery), to complete loss of conciousness. Geez...shockwave down the spine...now I've heard everything.

17y ago

keepthemhandsup

you you get hit hard your biran moves...causeing a shock to all your nervous system.... that what happens when someone gets KO....

17y ago

MANGLER

Ok but when they get hit on the chin for example, why does their legs go wobbly ? When your head snaps back it sends a shock wave down your spine. Kinda like whiplash in a car crash. That shit makes your legs wobbly.

17y ago

KingTito

Ok but when they get hit on the chin for example, why does their legs go wobbly ? It completely takes away your balance. Getting hit in the right spot in the head will take your equlibrium away, thus the wobbling and inability to stand.

17y ago

leppard365

Ok but when they get hit on the chin for example, why does their legs go wobbly ?

17y ago

MANGLER

Gettin hit in the head too hard makes you too incoherent to stand up. Sometimes the force of a blow is so strong it literally knocks a fighter down without hurtin him, just as if they've been pushed.

17y ago