Is it me or is brain damage a lot less common now?

They all have brain damage of some sort.. they are taking shots to the head.. multiple concussions.

It's not as common as it was years and years ago, but they force you to wait to fight after a TKO/KO, and guys just don't fight as often.

 

Better health regulations added to few fights have helped this.

 

Still prevalent though not as soon as back when fighters fought weekly or bi-weekly.
The damage is undeniable!!!

 

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It seems to be quite common amongst Klitschko fans :deal

 

Overall exposure is now much lower.

Take Sam langford for example, he boxed 2568 rounds
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=011023&cat=boxer

Then take a modern day fighter who people are calling to retire as he has been boxing too long, eg Holyfield, who has boxed 443 rounds.
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=499&cat=boxer

Holyfield has boxed 17% as many rounds as Langford. Big difference.

 

That is completely disturbing!!!

If I was his next opponent I would send him a portrait of that pic in the mail...Special Delivery about one week before the fight or hand it to him personally at the weigh in!!!

 

atsch

 

Cannot complete that statement without including the other two...

Flamin *****s
Pacturds!!!

 

Based on this post, brain damage is still rife.

 

Fewer fights per career, better health regulations, fights are stopped sooner (think Frazier vs Foreman - would have been stopped after the 4th knockdown in the second round not after Frazier was sent into orbit with that uppercut; or Cooney vs Norton where Norton was sat on the ropes and was hit by some of the hardest punches Cooney ever delivered on a man), and training camps that focus on other forms of training other than sparring such as polymetrics, explosive strength and exercise science. I read somewhere ages ago that most fighters suffer the most serious brain damage sparring because the head gear distributes the force more all over the head and into the brain rather than more at the point of impact (such as the jaw) as in a fight with no headgear.

 

Untrue.

 

James Toney.

 

i forget. :huh