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Is there a chance of brain damage in boxing?

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So if, for example, you choose to do MMA (with much lighter 3 ounce gloves) your chance of concussion is fairly low even with repeated head blows, but boxing seems almost designed to facilitate concussion. There's no guarantee that you'll get brain damage even with a lot of boxing fights, but the risk is high and real. read more

Boxing has a list of household names in which brain damage is the 100% positive result of boxing. Muhammad Ali and althiemerz is a prime example. Of course the heavier weight class's have more victims. However it quite well established that a boxer in any weight class is susceptible to brain damage. So yes it is a FACT. read more

Boxing deity Muhammad Ali famously lives with Parkinson syndrome, a disorder of the nervous system caused by the degeneration of a group of brain cells involved in voluntary movement. There has been no conclusive evidence that Ali's disorder, which causes tremors, slowness of movement and muscular rigidity, is a result of his boxing career. read more

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