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The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing | TRIS DIXON

Doctors first identified “Punch Drunk Syndrome” in 1928. It later became known as “Dementia...

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20.35 10 Aug 2021


The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing | TRIS DIXON


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Doctors first identified “Punch Drunk Syndrome” in 1928. It later became known as “Dementia Pugilistica.” Today, we call it CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy). The secret history of this disease in boxing has never been fully told― until now.

In Damage, Tris Dixon uncovers the difficult truths of boxing and CTE and chronicles the lives of fighters affected by it.


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