how the hell do fighters take such hard shots and not get brain injuries?

dude if u feel dissy or nauseous, i recommend u go to the hospital. no joking around dude, seriously

 

one shot from a guy like Wlad (like he hit chambers with that put him to sleep) is 10 times better on your long term health than a guy who takes a pounding for 12 rounds....
but you do make a good point about Briggs...that was pretty SICK in terms of a massive beating....that should have been stopped...he will more than likely suffer affects in a few years for that horrific beating... manny margo was bad too...those are fights where it could have ended badly, because i have seen fights similar to that in 1 way beatings where the guy died late in the fight.... some human bodies simply cant absorb as much punishment as others ...just part of the business as well as a natural gift

 

You either have to love the sport or be desperate enough to take up this sport professionally. There's no middle road, IMO.

 

Sometimes you can see the impact immediately and other times, which was reported in a study, is the true effect of the trauma...long term. What they are like 10-20 years from when they retire.

 

And QB's retire after 3-4 concisions while some boxers get knocked out many times.

 

Not sure about QBs but Football players have discussed how they lie all the time about concussions. It's only the major ones where they get caught do they get reported. Like the ones where they are knocked out cold or drooling from the mouth and have no choice because they are getting carried off. The amount some of these players say they have actually had or think they have had is astounding.

Things have changed in the past couple of years but players say they still lie because if you are on the bench, somebody else is doing their jobs.

The big impact they think with brain injuries actually comes in practice. It's the little hits that add up over time that "may" do the most damage. You might see some stars, have a headache, but isn't bothersome enough to get checked out.

So for boxing, it would be all the sparring sessions add up. Like some of those Old School stories about how Philly fighters used to go to War in the Gym which is where they left their potential/career.

 

Chuvalo explains his great chin.


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lamotta took some epic beatings and never went down, and is still alive at like 90 years old with no problems. he also smoke, drank, did coke etc

 

Im no doctor but what i know is that after a while your brain forms grey matter aroung it which is almost like a callous and becomes like a barrier around the brain. Then again it all comes down to the individual,as far as taking a punch. As far as why there isnt more deaths or brain damage i would seperate the 2.There is the rare death but there is a large percentage of brain damage that sometimes shows up early or later like Bowe,Hearns,Toney,Meldrick and so on .....the motor functions and speech become affected after time.Or osmetimes quicker which is why im sure a lot of really good fighters that we never heard of never got the chance to reach there full potential because of early problems.

 

Some people just aren;t made to be fighters, they are beta males. I've known from an early age I was put here on this earth to be a fighter. Maybe not a prize fighter but I can kick about 99% of the worlds population ass in a street fight. I've taken some good shots to the chin and kept marching forward. Im like a 6'1 rocky marciano. a human pit bull, just a savage. I got dynamite in both hands

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It seems its different with each boxer, a guy like whitaker or taylor while being elusive fighters are pretty damaged by all the punches, yet guys like tyson or morales seem fine while they have taken a lot of heavy punches.

 

La motta is a ****ing boss:yep I have heard stories of guys taking one punch in a street fight and dying, this guy is badass.

 

this sounds bad but alot of fighters arent too bright, well spoken and educated too begin with. You should try and exercise your brain by reading and what not.