There was a short piece in yesterday's paper on the passing of Denny Moyer (1939-2010), who was, the article allowed, probably the best boxer to ever come out of Portland, Oregon. He was an AAU champ, won three titles as a pro -- beat Sugar Ray Robinson once -- and had a 98-38-4 record.He died, the article said, of complications from dementia pugilistica.
Now there's a term. Not exactly the same as what Ali has -- that's Post-traumatic Parkinson's -- but grim enough.
A short while back a pro wrestler named Chris Benoit Murdered his family and then committed suicide. I believe he was posthumously diagnosed with CTE. basically the same as pugilista Dementia. The doctor said the man's brain resembled that of an 85 year old alzheimer's patient. Scary Stuff
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So it turns out getting hit in the head is bad for you....
ReplyDeleteSure.
ReplyDeleteNot as bad - lethal - as a lot of male-dominated professions, of course; logger, pilot, fisherman, ironworker, trash collector, farmer, rancher, roofer, lineman, driver....