do you think gettin knocked out physically ruins a fighter?

[Chr0nic]

not so bad that he can never win a fight or nothin but make him worse than he was before?
i would'nt be suprised there is some damage done considering getting knockout out is like a blown fuse(it's your brain gettin smashed off your skull/your masseter gettin stretched to the point it bein like a plug being pulled out suddenly which in a system is known for ruining the quality and causin hardware problems)

what's your take on it

yes, i did just compare machines to the human body

[S.G.]

Yeah for sure, but I think the mental effect is probably bigger

[larry x]

getting ko'd causes you to get a concussion and causes mentally issues cause that ko is always on your mind..so yea fighters are rarely the same after getting ko'd

[The Gully Gad]

Not all fighters though...

Depends on the Knockout as well and how bad a beating etc...

Mentally more then anything i'd say.....

[halford_saints]

I'm sure I did see somewhere that once you get knocked out you are 7 times more likely to get knocked out again

[MR ITALIAN]

It really depends on each individual fighter.

[Patheticfraud?]

Uh yeah....

[F l i c k e r]

Yeah for sure, but I think the mental effect is probably bigger

Co-sign this indeed.

[Piggu]

It depends. Obviously getting KO'd like Hatton against Pacquiao is different than taking a knee. But yeah I'd say it definitely affects the fighter mentally from that point on.

[talip bin osman]

im hearing a lot of these things lately this punch resistance going down thing...

im skeptical about it bcoz theres a lot of examples that can be given to counter such a theory...

darchinyan got better after getting pasted...

barrera...

roberto duran after being cut in half by hearns...

hearns himself after being dismantled by hagler...

pacquiao twice...

kostya tszyu...