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In the past year or so their have been more boxing deaths and career threatening injuries then their have been in a long time. With the passing of Leavander Johnson it made me think. I think this should be the last straw and it would probably be time to implement a national commission that would only have a birds eye view on medical clearance.
It seems to me a lot of these injuries and deaths can be prevented and caught early prior to the fight by a rigorous check up and complete neuro examination hours before the scheduled bout. Another thing that concerns me is that with the exception of Joe Mesi a lot of these fighters are suffering brain injuries. As we all know fighters drain the water out of their body to make the desired weight. Now when this happens you might be draining the water from your body (prime example Gatti in the Mayweather fight) but you are also draining fluid from the brain as well. Some will argue that they are given about a day give or take to regroup. Well I think this is the problem, just because you fill your body with water it takes an extremely long amount of time for the fluid to resurface around the brain. I believe this is probably the cause for Leavanders death as well as a few others especially in the lower weight divisions.
I think it is time for the "powers" in boxing and the state wide commissions open their damn eyes and quit putting boxing in the back of their mind...Shame on the commissions.
It seems to me a lot of these injuries and deaths can be prevented and caught early prior to the fight by a rigorous check up and complete neuro examination hours before the scheduled bout. Another thing that concerns me is that with the exception of Joe Mesi a lot of these fighters are suffering brain injuries. As we all know fighters drain the water out of their body to make the desired weight. Now when this happens you might be draining the water from your body (prime example Gatti in the Mayweather fight) but you are also draining fluid from the brain as well. Some will argue that they are given about a day give or take to regroup. Well I think this is the problem, just because you fill your body with water it takes an extremely long amount of time for the fluid to resurface around the brain. I believe this is probably the cause for Leavanders death as well as a few others especially in the lower weight divisions.
I think it is time for the "powers" in boxing and the state wide commissions open their damn eyes and quit putting boxing in the back of their mind...Shame on the commissions.
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