Punch Drunk Fighters

[mrpain81]

Head trauma

Past episodes of head trauma are reported more frequently by sufferers than by others in the population. A methodologically strong recent study found that those who have experienced a head injury are four times more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease than those who have never suffered a head injury. The risk of developing Parkinson’s increases eightfold for patients who have had head trauma requiring hospitalization, and it increases 11-fold for patients who have experienced severe head injury. The authors comment that since head trauma is a rare event, the contribution to PD incidence is slight. They express further concern that their results may be biased by recall, i.e., the PD patients because they reflect upon the causes of their illness, may remember head trauma better than the non-ill control subjects. These limitations were overcome recently by Tanner and colleagues, who found a similar risk of 3.8, with increasing risk associated with more severe injury and hospitalization.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson's_disease#Causes

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[Don Johnson]

Parkinson's is caused by death of brain cells in the Substantia Nigra. Coincidently, getting hit in the head results in the death of... wait for it... BRAIN CELLS!

Also, Parkinson's disease and Parkinson's Syndrome are two different diseases. Parkinson's Syndrome refers specifically to onset caused by artificial means such as trauma, poisoning, etc...

Ali has Parkinson's Syndrome.

So Michael J. Fox boxed? Dude Sometimes people just get Parkinson's, the cause is unknown.

[BattlingNelson]

So Michael J. Fox boxed? Dude Sometimes people just get Parkinson's, the cause if unknown.

Right there. But one might suspect just a slight connection dont you think?

[x-PeROxiDE-x]

There is no proof or theory that I've ever heard that links Parkinson's to taking a beating.

I didn't say there was:

There is no conclusive proof either way that it was/was not due to boxing.

Anyway, I just used him as an example of how Ricky will act after he hangs em up.

But don't you think that the fact that he got hit in the facxe a lot and now has a condition that CAN be linked with head trauma is a bit of a coincidence?

BTW guys, I didn't know a lot of this stuff about Parkinsons, thanks for the info.

[rizkybizness]

I just saw a vid of Hearns again, wow he is ****ed up. Can anyone think of someone worse than him? Meldrick Taylor is up there.

[Dorian]

James Toney sounds punch drunk

[Ray Ray]

James Toney sounds punch drunk

I was just about to post Toney...Dude talks with a slur and he kinda stutters a little bit...He really needs to call it a career before he is scarred for life. He has nothing else to prove!

[marsman]

Well I'm glad to see guys like Tyson, Lewis, Mayweather, De la Hoya, Hopkins, Jones, Calzaghe are not and you can see why because of their styles.

[Bizzle_LDN]

Frank Bruno!!

[fightingfigs]

Both Mayweathers are a bit punch drunk

Roger and Floyd Sr