What Physically Happens During One Punch Knockout (Williams/Martinez)

Paul Williams can now see dead people...

 

Some studies show that it takes more than a year to recover from a KO, so your punch resistance goes down. It's brain damage.

When your brain swims around in your brain fluid and slams against your skull at a violent speed like that, it shuts your brain off momentarily, hence the glazed over look.

 

When the lights... go out.... in the city.

 

There is actually very little known about what exactly causes a knockout but many agree it has to do with minor trauma to the brain stem. This usually happens when the head rotates sharply, often caused by a strike. There are three general manifestations of such trauma - the typical knock out which results in a sustained loss of consciousness (comparable to general anesthesia - where the recipient emerges and has lost memory of the event), a "flash" knock out where a very transient (less than three seconds) loss of consciousness occurs (where the recipient often maintains awareness and memory of the combat), and lastly a "stunning" where consciousness is maintained despite extremely distorted proprioception, visual fields, and auditory processing.

 

I copied that from Wikipedia for you

 

That was very public-spirited of you, McManama.
:good

 

His eyes were like that because he was stunned. He can't believe what has just happened. I was stunned too when I watched it and my eyes were like that.

 

I can tell you what it feels like from experience. A hard shot will often cause your vision to blur a little. But, when you get hit by a guy who is a tremendous puncher or that one punch lands just right, to me it was like I was in that state of sleep where I am not fully awake but my dreams feel like real life if that makes sense.

I feel like I am awake and my body maybe is even tricked into feeling I am awake but in actuality its only my subconscious that is acting up. IMO and I am no neurological guy is that when you get hit that hard your brain literally gets rattled and certain electrical reactions are interrupted causing different issues for different people depending on where you are hit and your own biological make up.

And yes I have been knocked clean out before like PWill was and I did have follow up issues for a few days after the fight like my balance was interrupted or I was unable to complete a thought even though in my own mind I knew exactly where I was going with my words. I felt like i had a glimpse of what it must feel like to have a dementia, it is not a pleasant experience.

 

Sheet man, is this a boxing experience or a street fight?

i wanna know how delayed knockouts work.

 

did you all catch his post fight interview, I said " yanowutimsayen" a whole bunch of times. I think his brain was still fked up.

 

I read its your body putting a safety precaution on shutting down your brain and movement from further damage.

 

No, it is very similar to concussion, if not a concussion (usually a mild one). The science is still developing.

There is a theory that people with high brain fluid (think of them a shock absorbers) have higher resistance to being KD/KO.

Research is still building but modern research says that there is a correlation between those that have experienced concussions (both minor and major) to have higher rate of early dementia and similar conditions (Alzheimer). "Punch drunk" is probably a general term for these kind of conditions experienced by boxers after their retirement.

Google NFL and dementia for more info.

 

that's whack, real wack that happened to you.

what were the circumstances surrounding it if I may ask?