Worried about CTE ruining boxing? Media likely overhyping - Scientists weigh in

im sparticus · Dec 19, 2019

roughdiamond said: ↑

Well I can speak anecdotally. My Father had 50 odd am bouts, nasty sparring for years, boxed extremely aggressively from an early age, even lost nastily to an England boy with a stone of weight on him (that's another story), has had dozens of street fights and used to drink and smoke regular. He is absolutely mentally sharp, constantly reading books and doing quick, high level mental math on his jobs. He speaks perfectly fine and is quite funny (not) and witty, and trains younger boxers at his gym.
My brothers have also had dozens of am bouts and aggressive sparring for years. Absolutely fine mentally; perfect speech. I can also attest to this myself.

However, I also know a young kid around my age who is already sounding punchy because he has been poorly managed / trained / supervised by a ****ty 'know it all', took too many shots because of it in a short span of time, has a poor / static defense in his style, etc.

People I've met all across Boxing in the country, some older and ranging into the 100+ bouts, were nearly always fine mentally, quite a few being quite sharp blokes. Course, if you're getting to that level, you know what you are doing. Someone likely to get damaged usually won't do it long because they can't keep on.

Learn how to move and roll your head, and recover properly from bouts and training. Water cutting as an amateur will significantly increase your chances of becoming a vegetable. Of course boxing has a risk.
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It's the water cuts that do the damage

Stuart_boxer · Dec 20, 2019

C.J. said: ↑

When you think about it Boxing is a sport where two guys fight & the objective is to render the opponent unconcious $
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That’s true but CTE is just one of the dangers of boxing.

My problem with the CTE narrative is that it’s used as a one size fits all excuse for a huge range of bad behaviours in pro athletes. There’s a lot of psyche babble to it that isn’t backed by science. This probably applies more to other sports than boxing.

That being said people dying directly from a hard bout is a very sad and very real thing. Personally I’d like to see bouts brought down to 8 rounders. I reckon fighters would start to adapt and get more done early and it’s the later stages that are the worst part in terms of immediately dying.

Stuart_boxer · Feb 1, 2020

Washington Post article alleges that Doctor Bennet is either a fraud or incompetent;

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/sports/cte-bennet-omalu/

Sugar 88 · Feb 1, 2020

mrtony80 said: ↑

Punchdrunk is one of the things that happen to some ppl, but inexplicably not to others. Sweet Pea seldom took headshots, but his speech indicates otherwise. ODLH got hit more than he did, and speaks completely clear. George Foreman also somehow speaks clearly. I think it happens more often than not. Almost every single old fighter I recall watching an interview of seems like boxing messed them up a bit.
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It's like smoking. Some people smoke their entire life and never develop lung cancer. Others get taken out young by it as a direct consequence of smoking.

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