Let him sit this one out and hopefully he will be good to go in Seattle where he will be needed!!!!
Rest up big man!!!
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Serious, whats wrong with Anthony Davis and this concussion?
Dec 7, 2014 at 11:33 AM
- trevorontario
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Dec 7, 2014 at 1:03 PM
- BobS
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Originally posted by JerryRice1848:Jerry Quarry heavyweight contender in the 70's died at 53 from dementia, he could not feed or clothe himself the last few years of his life. His brother Mike a light heavyweight died at 55 from dementia. The youngest brother Bobby Quarry had only 23 professional heavyweight fights and suffers from Parkinson's from brain injury and is only 52, he showed signs of mental issues at 32. That is the only circumstantial evidence I have of genetics playing a part. Of course the more a person fights the more trouble they may have down the road. I will see what I can find out about a guy's total fights and how they did mentally. Of course amateur fighters while it was optional back in the day all seemed to wear head gear, that lessens the punches power a little also they fought 3 rounds max. If you watched Cobb you have to admit he took a lot of punishment, he probably took 3 rounds of punches per round. He was also a kick boxer. Pretty sure the average Joe would be brain dead if they got hit as hard and as much as Cobb did.
Originally posted by BobS:
Originally posted by cciowa:Seems to me a lot of people in the zone think professional athletes have some super human bodies that heal faster and don't feel pain like the rest of us. They expect them to play tackle football with injuries that would leave most people bed bound, makes no sense.
Originally posted by ElephantHaley:
Tired of this dude. He's highly paid, highly UNPRODUCTIVE and seems always hurt.
typical of the mindset this year,, he gets a concussion and he is a bum. i shudder to think what you do when your kid spills a glass of milk
As for head injuries studies of boxer's brains have come to the conclusion that genetics places a huge part in how much head trauma a person can suffer before any long term negative effects occur. Look at Muhammed Ali, the guy was already showing signs of brain injury before he retired. Look at George Foreman he is perfectly fine and took at least as many hits to the head as Ali. Remember Ken Norton (the boxer), beat Ali once but had a glass jaw. He was the victim of a couple first round knockouts. The exact opposite was long time journeyman Tex Cobb you could drop a safe on his head and he would not blink. Unfortunately he was so slow he lost a lot of fights being out scored. Unfortunately they don't yet have methods to test what an individual's limit is.
Cobb, Foreman (even with the gold medal win) and Norton didn't have the extensive amateur career that Ali had, which explains why they weren't punchy.
Dec 7, 2014 at 1:08 PM
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Originally posted by BobS:
Jerry Quarry heavyweight contender in the 70's died at 53 from dementia, he could not feed or clothe himself the last few years of his life. His brother Mike a light heavyweight died at 55 from dementia. The youngest brother Bobby Quarry had only 23 professional heavyweight fights and suffers from Parkinson's from brain injury and is only 52, he showed signs of mental issues at 32. That is the only circumstantial evidence I have of genetics playing a part. Of course the more a person fights the more trouble they may have down the road. I will see what I can find out about a guy's total fights and how they did mentally. Of course amateur fighters while it was optional back in the day all seemed to wear head gear, that lessens the punches power a little also they fought 3 rounds max. If you watched Cobb you have to admit he took a lot of punishment, he probably took 3 rounds of punches per round. He was also a kick boxer. Pretty sure the average Joe would be brain dead if they got hit as hard and as much as Cobb did.
Wow, no offense to those dudes but holy sh*t after seeing 2 of your brothers die from head trauma both from boxing, why the HELL would you decide to be a boxer as well? Maybe his brain was already a bit slow to begin with....
Dec 7, 2014 at 1:20 PM
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I got my first concussion playing pop Warner football when I was 11. Got two concussion playing pop Warner one snowboarding and two in high school football sophomore and then during passing league going into my senior year. The last one was the worst I was in and out of consciousness for 5 hours and when I was awake my parents said I thought I was in grade school. Didn't play my senior year after that. Everything was a haze for two wewks but the strangest thing once I recoved I never had a headache again for like 15 years! Super strange. I completely forgot how intense a headache could feel because after that last concussion no matter what I did how much I drank or didn't take care of myself I would never no matter what suffer from a migraine, hangover...nothing. can't explain it lol.
Dec 7, 2014 at 1:30 PM
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Concussions will end the NFL.
Dec 7, 2014 at 1:40 PM
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There has to be a point where a line is drawn. The rules are getting ridiculous. If a defender's fingertip even grazes a QB's helmet they call it a "blow to the head." That's embarrassing. The players are making lots of money, more than the average person obviously. They have to know that there is a risk of any type of injury before they make the decision to play football. And the fact that they make all this $ sets them up for life if they don't blow it all. So I think they just need to play and stop turning this into the flag football league
Dec 8, 2014 at 2:23 PM
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Originally posted by BobS:
Originally posted by JerryRice1848:Jerry Quarry heavyweight contender in the 70's died at 53 from dementia, he could not feed or clothe himself the last few years of his life. His brother Mike a light heavyweight died at 55 from dementia. The youngest brother Bobby Quarry had only 23 professional heavyweight fights and suffers from Parkinson's from brain injury and is only 52, he showed signs of mental issues at 32. That is the only circumstantial evidence I have of genetics playing a part. Of course the more a person fights the more trouble they may have down the road. I will see what I can find out about a guy's total fights and how they did mentally. Of course amateur fighters while it was optional back in the day all seemed to wear head gear, that lessens the punches power a little also they fought 3 rounds max. If you watched Cobb you have to admit he took a lot of punishment, he probably took 3 rounds of punches per round. He was also a kick boxer. Pretty sure the average Joe would be brain dead if they got hit as hard and as much as Cobb did.
Originally posted by BobS:
Originally posted by cciowa:Seems to me a lot of people in the zone think professional athletes have some super human bodies that heal faster and don't feel pain like the rest of us. They expect them to play tackle football with injuries that would leave most people bed bound, makes no sense.
Originally posted by ElephantHaley:
Tired of this dude. He's highly paid, highly UNPRODUCTIVE and seems always hurt.
typical of the mindset this year,, he gets a concussion and he is a bum. i shudder to think what you do when your kid spills a glass of milk
As for head injuries studies of boxer's brains have come to the conclusion that genetics places a huge part in how much head trauma a person can suffer before any long term negative effects occur. Look at Muhammed Ali, the guy was already showing signs of brain injury before he retired. Look at George Foreman he is perfectly fine and took at least as many hits to the head as Ali. Remember Ken Norton (the boxer), beat Ali once but had a glass jaw. He was the victim of a couple first round knockouts. The exact opposite was long time journeyman Tex Cobb you could drop a safe on his head and he would not blink. Unfortunately he was so slow he lost a lot of fights being out scored. Unfortunately they don't yet have methods to test what an individual's limit is.
Cobb, Foreman (even with the gold medal win) and Norton didn't have the extensive amateur career that Ali had, which explains why they weren't punchy.
Cobb used his face as a punching bag but didn't start fighting until he was 25. His brain had already fully matured to the point where punches to the head wouldn't have the same long-term effects as guys who were in the gym as kids, such as the Quarry brothers, Terry Norris, Wilfred Benitez, etc. The legendary Archie Moore had 185 PRO fights and yet had a clean bill of health post-retirement because he didn't start boxing until he was an adult.