How come there are very rarely any HW boxers that die from fighting?

[HitmanTommy]

I've noticed that the vast majority of deaths in boxing are below the heavyweight division. Hardly any deaths occur at HW.

Why is this?

[andocom]

Not cutting weight would help IMO.

[_Rexy_]

They don’t drain themselves. Dehydrating yourself also removed the fluid barriers between the brain and skull.

[johnbook]

Didn't Max Baer kill 2 guys in the ring?

[Eff Pandas]

They don’t drain themselves. Dehydrating yourself also removed the fluid barriers between the brain and skull.

This.

I don't think its been proven w/o question yet, but I tend to believe this type of thing is helping an injury reach into the fatal or severe injury category.

[Curtis Harper]

Lack of sustained pummeling ??

[FinitoxDinamita]

Didn't Max Baer kill 2 guys in the ring?

Back in the stone ages when fighters were complete bums with no defense.

[bballchump11]

Brain injury comes from a prolonged beating, not from big punches. That's why there's also more deaths in boxing than mma.

A fight like Wilder vs Stiverne I will do more damage than Wilder vs Stiverne II. Then less cranium fluid from cutting weight is a factor.

[LetOutTheCage]

2 reasons I think, the first is weight cutting as people mentioned, the second is that there are more knockouts at heavyweight I believe and while the sounds bad it typically means less rounds in the ring and less sustained punches.

Im some ways I think the UFC with their smaller gloves is actually safer for the fighter. Its still a fairly new sport but I cant think of any deaths off the top of my head in MMA.

[stellen]

Well just you wait hitmantommy because wilder is trying his best to change all that. He wants a body on his resume. He just cant wait to kill a hw in the ring. What a guy.