How is Lennox Lewis one of the few HW's without any brain damage?

[BigNuts]

I've been going through video clips on youtube and watching interviews of boxers and so many of them seem to have brain damage and punch drunk.

Holyfield, Tyson, Bowe, Bone Crusher Smith, Bert Cooper. Shannon Briggs, Razor Ruddock, Frank Bruno, the list goes on and on when you watch their interviews from back in the day, they seemed fine, but now they all have some sort of brain damage and slurring of words. My question is, how come Lennox Lewis doesn't show any of these problems. He's been in just as many wars, but when listening to his interviews, he's well spoken and quite intelligent. He looks to be in great health.

What gives?

[The Hammer]

He sounded ****** by times on HBO. He always spoke in simple terms - is that a result of brain damage?

[52vialsofblood]

ive seen him stuttering so many times, i dont know what you are talking about

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[gmc_rfc_06]

Lennox was never too bright, but yeah, boxing didn't do him much harm.

That's what happens when you dominate the vast majority of your fights and didn't take too much punishment.

[SeekDaGreat]

He was a smart boxer. Avoided punishment. I thought that was pretty apparent. "Remember that war Lennox Lewis was in," said no one ever.

[DreamerUSA]

Lennox was never too bright, but yeah, boxing didn't do him much harm.

That's what happens when you dominate the vast majority of your fights and didn't take too much punishment.

Also knowing when it is time to quit is a big one.

[daggum]

he absolutely has brain damage

[The Champions]

He sounded ****** by times on HBO. He always spoke in simple terms - is that a result of brain damage?

At least he's not in a coma like Magomed Abdusalamov

[SeekDaGreat]

At least he's not in a coma like Magomed Abdusalamov

Magomed is not in a coma. Where were you going with that exactly?

[bluemax]

Apparent Brain Damage

I think the proper term should be apparent brain damage. i think it's safe to say that science has done enough research on the matter of brain injuries from contact sports like boxing to say just about all prize fighters have some amount of brain damage. Think about it, the whole purpose in boxing is to try and short circuit your opponents brain by punching them in the head!