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Controversial wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 04:27

tonyevs wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 04:19 I think we have all met the guys with the slurry speech in the gym. Some of them with reputations of having boxed pro, but also some you hear were a 'top school boy'.
I work with clients who have had various types of brain injuries. Stroke; alcohol, and some from trauma of having their brain rattled inside their skull. The frontal lobes are easily damaged, and because of the nature of their functioning (problem solving & decision making for example) damage is typically not noticed by the person.

I boxed/fought amateur for 4-5yrs, but was in the gym on & off sparring for maybe 15-20 years; it does concern me if there is damage there that will only show itself as my cognitive ability diminishes with senescence.

You can put your phone in a case to protect it if it gets dropped, and often it will survive on those occasions it does get dropped .. but you know if you dropping it often enough you are going to be buying a new one sooner rather than later.

Exactly, it’s funny how many boxing fans admit they have concerns about brain trauma, either to themselves or others but we all quite happily sit a watch guys being hit and knocked out. It’s a difficult one to reason in your head I think and again it seems to be a concerns from older guys, not youngster so much. Wisdom is wasted on the old as the saying goes.

Controversial wrote: ↑18 Mar 2021, 12:30

dookus wrote: ↑18 Mar 2021, 11:47

Some sort of union for the boxers is required - every other major sport has one!

I think Nicky Piper might have tried to start a union but said they couldn’t get anyone to fork out to join, maybe they should be forced to donate a certain percentage of a gate or add a compulsory £1 fee onto a ticket that all goes into a pot.

Coco wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 11:16 Your manager works for you, why pay for a union when it is your managers job to look after you.

Jimmy2020 wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 11:27 You can't have a union for prizefighters. It's a ridiculous notion. Anybody who thinks boxing is a sport in the way cricket, football, rugby, etc are sports isn't thinking straight. You are not representing a team/business, you are fighting for yourself, for money.

coghaugen11 wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 12:14 Remember the PBA in 93? McGuigan, Eubank, McMillan, McDonnell

Boxerbeetle wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 11:10 Boxing is obviously dangerous, but so are a lot of non-combat sports - rugby, ice hockey, NFL, motorsports, horse riding, etc. Life would be pretty dull if anything that carried risk was banned.

dookus wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 12:15

Jimmy2020 wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 11:27 You can't have a union for prizefighters. It's a ridiculous notion. Anybody who thinks boxing is a sport in the way cricket, football, rugby, etc are sports isn't thinking straight. You are not representing a team/business, you are fighting for yourself, for money.

Tennis players have a union and they all play for themselves

REEVE wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 10:47 I boxed from being a teenager, but took it seriosuly later had my first fight at 21 last at 33 and didnt give head injuries a thought.

Since i failed my brain scan with cte i worry quite a but about the future, the sparring does WAY more damage then the fights.

Jimmy2020 wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 12:45

dookus wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 12:15

Jimmy2020 wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 11:27 You can't have a union for prizefighters. It's a ridiculous notion. Anybody who thinks boxing is a sport in the way cricket, football, rugby, etc are sports isn't thinking straight. You are not representing a team/business, you are fighting for yourself, for money.

Tennis players have a union and they all play for themselves

Yes, fair point, but tennis is a proper sport with regular competitions and an official tour. There's none of that with pro boxing.

Jimmy2020 wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 13:18 I can't think who I would trust to hold and administer the money. Let alone who would pay in and how much. Almost no pros make their living from the sport.

Coco wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 12:21

coghaugen11 wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 12:14 Remember the PBA in 93? McGuigan, Eubank, McMillan, McDonnell

I was a pro in that time and it was felt that these folk were looking for a job.
I don't remember Eubank being involved

Controversial wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 12:45

REEVE wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 10:47 I boxed from being a teenager, but took it seriosuly later had my first fight at 21 last at 33 and didnt give head injuries a thought.

Since i failed my brain scan with cte i worry quite a but about the future, the sparring does WAY more damage then the fights.

Did you box as a pro? Are brain scans compulsory or did you have one due to concerns?

REEVE wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 17:25

Controversial wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 12:45

REEVE wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 10:47 I boxed from being a teenager, but took it seriosuly later had my first fight at 21 last at 33 and didnt give head injuries a thought.

Since i failed my brain scan with cte i worry quite a but about the future, the sparring does WAY more damage then the fights.

Did you box as a pro? Are brain scans compulsory or did you have one due to concerns?

Yeah mate 7 years ama 30 bouts, 4 years pro 20 bouts, i failed my regular brain scan mate we had to have them every year in the pros to get re licensed each year

REEVE wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 17:25

Controversial wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 12:45

REEVE wrote: ↑21 Mar 2021, 10:47 I boxed from being a teenager, but took it seriosuly later had my first fight at 21 last at 33 and didnt give head injuries a thought.

Since i failed my brain scan with cte i worry quite a but about the future, the sparring does WAY more damage then the fights.

Did you box as a pro? Are brain scans compulsory or did you have one due to concerns?

Yeah mate 7 years ama 30 bouts, 4 years pro 20 bouts, i failed my regular brain scan mate we had to have them every year in the pros to get re licensed each year