Essential The Official Boxing Random Thoughts Thread...All boxing heads ENTER.

[mr. smoke weed]

avi bet?

If they make it sure

But no tua shyt

 

[HeruDat1]

I'll drop Hearn talking Ruiz tonight.

 

[The axe murderer]

If they make it sure

But no tua shyt

 

[The axe murderer]

 

[aceboon]

Time for Rougarou to pull a Spence/Crawford and destroy this dude in enemy territory

 

[patscorpio]

Time for Rougarou to pull a Spence/Crawford and destroy this dude in enemy territory

I really need to take myself to a wbss fight..hopefully donaire vs monster is in the states

 

[Yuzo]

whenever this happens the first thing i ask is how much weight was the guy cutting.

 

[patscorpio]

I'm all for same day weighins... its stops the weight bully bullshyt

 

[aceboon]

I really need to take myself to a wbss fight..hopefully donaire vs monster is in the states

Gonna have to watch the final at 6-7am

 

[The axe murderer]

whenever this happens the first thing i ask is how much weight was the guy cutting.

this is one fight that comes to mind that makes me wonder

 

[trick]

Gonna have to watch the final at 6-7am

Live from the Tokyo Dome please

 

[R=G]

Usyk has been saying he wants to fight Wilder over all the other top heavyweights. He better take it early before he ends up on a highlight reel.

 

[patscorpio]

Gonna have to watch the final at 6-7am

Damn..oh well...watch dorticos vs briedis be in America lol

 

[krackdagawd]

If they make it sure

But no tua shyt

Live from the Tokyo Dome please

 

[Yuzo]

this is one fight that comes to mind that makes me wonder

gerald mcclellan. he was one of the original guys that would cut a ton of weight to try to get a size advantage on his opponents. when you do that its not just the fluid around the brain its also that the brain will swell from within. they talk about the shots he took from julian jackson and the shots he was taking from nigel benn but its not only that its the weight cut.

Several studies have linked water loss in the brain to an increase in the volume of cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF[4, 7]. CSF is a fluid that encases the brain in the skull. It acts as a cushion for the brain during shocks by dampening its displacement in the cranial cavity, akin to a hydraulic brake. The authors of these studies suggest that higher CSF volumes would increase the distance traveled by the brain when one experiences blows to the head. Although it has not yet been proven, this phenomenon would intensify the force exerted on the brain, therefore increasing the risk of concussion.

CSF is also present in the ventricles, a network of cavities located inside of the brain. While mild dehydration leads to a decrease in ventricular volume, severe dehydration results in an increase in ventricular volume. As the ventricles swell, they apply increased pressure to the cells lining the outer layers of the brain. Damage to those cells can result in subdural hemorrhaging, or bleeding between the surface of the brain and its outermost protective layer, which appears more likely to occur when the ventricles are enlarged. These symptoms are extremely relevant to combat sport athletes and imply that the practice of weight cutting increases the already high risk of brain trauma.

Cutting for the Competition: How Dehydration Affects the Brain : Grey Matters

my understanding is that when the body is dehydrated, water is lost from everywhere, including the brain. water loss in the brain causes it to both shrink in volume, causing it to travel further, and therefore impact harder, when it slams into the side of the skull, and also to swell up from within. with more fighters trying to gain an advantage from weight cutting, you get more fighters flirting with these effects on the brain.