Who has their senses, surprisingly, after a long career?

We always talk about brain damage of retired fighters. Some fighters have brain damage and still fighting. But how many other guys out there that have all of their senses after the fight game?

1. Bert Cooper. Heard an interview with him that was posted in 2012. He has all of his senses and sounds better than a college student. lolol....

2. Michael Moorer. He sounds a clear as a bell. Good, crisp, coherent and very much in tune with his surroundings.

3. Oscar DLH... still has all of his faculties. He was in a great many wars. Long career at the top. Sounds better than Floyd Mayweather.

4. Bernard Hopkins. Sounds like he is a candidate for Mensah.

Who else still has their mind after the boxing trauma...

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Originally Posted by ykdadamaja

We always talk about brain damage of retired fighters. Some fighters have brain damage and still fighting. But how many other guys out there that have all of their senses after the fight game?

1. Bert Cooper. Heard an interview with him that was posted in 2012. He has all of his senses and sounds better than a college student. lolol....

2. Michael Moorer. He sounds a clear as a bell. Good, crisp, coherent and very much in tune with his surroundings.

3. Oscar DLH... still has all of his faculties. He was in a great many wars. Long career at the top. Sounds better than Floyd Mayweather.

4. Bernard Hopkins. Sounds like he is a candidate for Mensah.

Who else still has their mind after the boxing trauma...

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George Foreman? Roy Jones?

Joe Calzaghe, Carl Froch.

You could go on. Most sound no different.

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Originally Posted by ykdadamaja

We always talk about brain damage of retired fighters. Some fighters have brain damage and still fighting. But how many other guys out there that have all of their senses after the fight game?

1. Bert Cooper. Heard an interview with him that was posted in 2012. He has all of his senses and sounds better than a college student. lolol....

2. Michael Moorer. He sounds a clear as a bell. Good, crisp, coherent and very much in tune with his surroundings.

3. Oscar DLH... still has all of his faculties. He was in a great many wars. Long career at the top. Sounds better than Floyd Mayweather.

4. Bernard Hopkins. Sounds like he is a candidate for Mensah.

Who else still has their mind after the boxing trauma...

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George Foreman? Roy Jones?

Joe Calzaghe, Carl Froch.

You could go on. Most sound no different.

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Roy sounds a little off, though.... spot on with the other names.

Chavez Sr.

Easy to judge with guys on the mic. Of course they won't put a guy on who sounds like he has a mouth full of peanut butter but like Paulie, or a Kevin Kelly. Two very sharp fastest talkers for sure.

Vitali and Wlad between the two of them I think they have a 100+ plus fights, Lennox always seems like he still has all his wits as well...and all three at some point or another got/get shit on for being safety first...hmm.

George Chuvalo is probably the best case for the thread, he's a pretty sharp guy and was in with so many great HW punchers. Mind you, he's a guy who was able to take the punches and rarely if ever was seriously hurt or concussed in the ring, that's got to be a huge part of it. Same deal with guys like Chavez Sr, or Hopkins, these are guys who NEVER got badly hurt. Obviously some are lucky to recover well or not lose their senses, I haven't heard much of Michael Moorer or Kevin Kelley but if they sound good, they are two of them;D If David Tua punched me once I would probably be pronounced dead within minutes.

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Vitali and Wlad between the two of them I think they have a 100+ plus fights, Lennox always seems like he still has all his wits as well...and all three at some point or another got/get shit on for being safety first...hmm.

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Lennox sounds confused and can't put his thoughts together. The Atomic Bull Oliver McCall, while a little dumb, is clear as a bell too.

Johnny Nelson but he did not fight too much.

Sugar Ray Leonard.

1. Barrera
2. Marquez
3. Calzaghe
4. Mayweather
5. Lewis
6. Tyson (as lucid and sane as ever)
7. Hopkins
8. Wlad Klit (all that holding, I guess)
9. Vit Klit
10. Malignaggi

Most of these fighters are intelligent and articulate and their careers are at an end or else drawing to a close.

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Originally Posted by p4pking

George Chuvalo

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First guy that came to mind. Given the punishment he took physically inside the ring and that mentally which he took outside the ring, I'm surprised he does not communicate using cave drawings.

Archie Moore was another. 28 years over 200 fights.

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Johnny Nelson but he did not fight too much.

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Johnny "The Pacifist" Nelson , was a boxer ?

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Johnny Nelson but he did not fight too much.

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Johnny "The Pacifist" Nelson , was a boxer ?

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He did fight at heavyweight when really he was a cruiserweight.

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Johnny Nelson but he did not fight too much.

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Johnny "The Pacifist" Nelson , was a boxer ?

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He did fight at heavyweight when really he was a cruiserweight.

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Old Johnny was a hugger not a fighter. Fair play to him, he sounds like years in the ring did no damage, same goes for Richie Woodhall too.

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Originally Posted by p4pking

George Chuvalo is probably the best case for the thread, he's a pretty sharp guy and was in with so many great HW punchers. Mind you, he's a guy who was able to take the punches and rarely if ever was seriously hurt or concussed in the ring, that's got to be a huge part of it. Same deal with guys like Chavez Sr, or Hopkins, these are guys who NEVER got badly hurt. Obviously some are lucky to recover well or not lose their senses, I haven't heard much of Michael Moorer or Kevin Kelley but if they sound good, they are two of them;D If David Tua punched me once I would probably be pronounced dead within minutes.

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And if you did survive, you wouldn't be able to pronounce "dead in minutes".

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Sugar Ray Leonard.

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This guy looks better that sugar shane and still has all his faculties after all those 15 round bouts.

Ray leonard and george foreman

Holmes is a bit of a foot in the mouth type but he very much has all of his facilities working


Prince Naseem is another


So is Dove Boy Green


Valuev as well.

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Valuev as well.

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Never fought a big puncher other than a David Haye who was scared shitless.

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Valuev as well.

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Never fought a big puncher other than a David Haye who was scared shitless.

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Let's be fair, he never fought anyone that didn't need a stepladder or a WWE move off the top rope to hit him in the head.

Guy that amazed me is Randall Tex Cobb. Every fight he was in he took a beating but when they'd punched themselves out he came back & kicked butt.
He recently passed Suma Cum Laude and earned a college degree in Sports Management so it hasn't affected him

Most blaring example is George Chuvalo. Jake Lamotta was also pretty spry until he got into old, old age.

Both guys took more than their fair share of punches to the head.

Tony DeMarco is 85 and is sharp as a tack. So is Jeff Fenech.


Ray Mancini is very lucid and sharp and runs a successful business.

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Ray Mancini is very lucid and sharp and runs a successful business.

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Ray's career was only 5-6 years really, he was retired by 24. If he fought into his mid 30s with that style I'd say he'd be in rough shape now.

Raging bull,Jake Lamotta, and of course,hands of stone himself.