Boxing History and Ring Science Ebooks

[Chris Nagel]

THE KNOCKOUT PUNCH
By William J. Hochswender

Here's an interesting chapter that I found in the book, Why a Curveball Curves, explaining the knockout. I liked this quote in particular:

"Picture the brain as, say, a mushroom or a cauliflower. During a knockout, the stalk doesn't move, but the spin at the top
causes you lose consciousness. That's why headgear won't prevent KOs. It doesn't preclude the acceleration."

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