Donald I, emperor of the world.

[secretsqirrel]

Ie was a bit naff wasn't it? He still got beaten up by a 3rd rate boxer.
Perhaps put a decent boxer in the ring.

I understand Anthony Joshua is not too fussy these days.

 

[Pinno718]

More stuff surfacing. This is from an FBI intake file. It's the first step into an investigation so none of this has been verified:

 

[briantrumpet]

If you have a degenerative brain disease I'm not sure that matters.

There's an argument that boxing is some way ahead of a lot of other sports when it comes to safety. I'm. Not sure how strong that argument is, but footballers still self assess themselves for concussion together with a physio hired by the same employer, and we've all seen riders who barely know where they are after a crash helped back on a bike by a soigneur.

Mine isn't an argument in favour of rugby (inherently injurious from the necessity of high-impact bodily contact), or football (headers should be outlawed, given what we know).

Cycling would go with all the other risky sports (mountaineering, wing suiting, skiing etc) where minor errors can have very serious & fatal consequences.

 

[Ian H]

Mine isn't an argument in favour of rugby (inherently injurious from the necessity of high-impact bodily contact), or football (headers should be outlawed, given what we know).

Cycling would go with all the other risky sports (mountaineering, wing suiting, skiing etc) where minor errors can have very serious & fatal consequences.

But seldom do. Statistical evidence with a sample size of one.

 

[briantrumpet]

But seldom do. Statistical evidence with a sample size of one.

I'm sure statistics are there that can help people assess relative risk, if they care to.

 

[Ian H]

I'm sure statistics are there that can help people assess relative risk, if they care to.

I can help with evidence of skin lost from hip or elbow.
Or, as a British Cycling coach said to me: If you haven't got the scars you haven't been trying hard enough.

 

[Pblakeney]

I can help with evidence of skin lost from hip or elbow.
Or, as a British Cycling coach said to me: If you haven't got the scars you haven't been trying hard enough.

I remember being told that you’re not trying hard enough if you’ve not suffered a broken collarbone. I guess that I eventually became a “proper” cyclist a few years later. Yet to see the benefits. 😉