Fighters who were in tough fights and surprisingly ended up NOT being punch drunk

[hugh grant]

David haye, Carl froch, Paul malignaggi, Richie Woodall seem ok.
Luckily.most retired boxers arent punch drunk. I think it's only mainly in movies like a rocky film a boxer is portrayed as punch drunk in a cliche type way.

[ELPacman]

ODLH is surprisingly pretty sharp in all his anger filled videos he posts against Canelo Guys like Morales, Barrera, Marquez, Pacquiao. They've all been in wars and last I've heard them speak, were as normal as I remembered them.

Tim Bradley had been in wars and the dude still does commentary and ProBox.

I think at the end of the day, like others have mentioned, it comes down to genetics. Probably the same genetics as to why some guys take a punch and turn into a vegetable while others can go through 40+ hellacious fights and appear normal.

[Willow The Wisp]

In fact, Chuvalo suffered from serious dementia in the final years of his life. Sometimes the effects appear all of a sudden, and become more serious after a period of apparent normality.

George was perfect for his 80th birthday. No memory loss, no speech impediment, sharp and witty and strong as a bull. His issues began in his mid 80s when most men are already dead. He is 87 now, and sadly, no longer speaks.

[Tatabanya]

George was perfect for his 80th birthday. No memory loss, no speech impediment, sharp and witty and strong as a bull. His issues began in his mid 80s when most men are already dead. He is 87 now, and sadly, no longer speaks.

For some obscure reason, I wrote about him as if he were no more. Perhaps it's time for me to mind my own symptoms...

[TintaBoricua]

Guys like George Foreman, George Chuvalo, and Julio Chavez come to mind. Meanwhile a "defensive" guy like Pernell Whitaker ended up slurring his words a bit before his death.

George Chuvalo was the FIRST guy with a bullet that came to mind. That man speaks clearly and sounds like a man who did 20 years in construction. He doesn’t sound at all like he was in boxing and had that many wars.

EDIT: Oh, damn. I’m reading more posts and am now finding out his age has finally caught up and he can’t speak. Damn shame. I vividly remember him in a feature ESPN made called “Ali’s Dozen”. He talked in there about how his sons unfortunately became ******* addicts. That man was probably like 63-67ish and spoke CLEAR AS DAY.

Time flies. Bums me out a little.

[TintaBoricua]

All things considered Sugar Leonard won boxing

he emerged victorious with most of his mind intact and kept a lot of his boxing earnings

Other fighters I consider having won boxing George Foreman Larry Holmez Oscar de La Hoya Mayweather

Oscar is fortunate his coke habit didn’t ruin him

Right? I thought he’d be probably be the next to last man standing between Duran (a party animal), Hearns (punch drunk) and Hagler (walked away with dignity).

And Hagler was the first to go. Wtf, right?