Jeremy Horn
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He kept himself pretty defensively sound for the most part. And a number of fights where he was a class above his opponent and took no damage in return. Was a different time with wild matchmaking on the regional cards back then
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Bad copy pasta hehe
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Back then chuck hit like a mule so nothing wrong quitting against him.
He fought other guys with ko power and did not quit.
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Everyone is different, too, when it comes to CTE. This boxer was known for taking huge amounts of punishment and fought Ali twice, Foreman, Frazier, Quarry, etc. 91 fights and was never truly KO'd, but the ref stopped a few of his fights due to him getting beaten up so badly.
He's still alive at 86. He used to speaking gigs and seemed to be unaffected by CTE, though it sounds like it (or dementia or combination) has affected him in recent years. Still, he held up MUCH better than many of his peers like Ali, Quarry, Jimmy Young, etc. even though he probably took more punishment than any of them.
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He's still alive at 86. He used to speaking gigs and seemed to be unaffected by CTE, though it sounds like it (or dementia or combination) has affected him in recent years. Still, he held up MUCH better than many of his peers like Ali, Quarry, Jimmy Young, etc. even though he probably took more punishment than any of them.
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His strength of schedule adds up to a hs wrestler so that probably helped.
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It's kind of funny that he fought Travis Fulton twice and Dan Severn in Extreme Challenge (1997-98 era). All 3 went on to fight mostly in small orgs and fight over 100 times each. I give Severn the biggest amount of slack because he was in his 40s by the time he went that route.
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Jeremy Horn did ok in Pride fc
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Jake Lamotta was like that too. Lived to 95 and never showed any signs of CTE that I’m aware of.Everyone is different, too, when it comes to CTE. This boxer was known for taking huge amounts of punishment and fought Ali twice, Foreman, Frazier, Quarry, etc. 91 fights and was never truly KO'd, but the ref stopped a few of his fights due to him getting beaten up so badly.
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He's still alive at 86. He used to speaking gigs and seemed to be unaffected by CTE, though it sounds like it (or dementia or combination) has affected him in recent years. Still, he held up MUCH better than many of his peers like Ali, Quarry, Jimmy Young, etc. even though he probably took more punishment than any of them.
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They don’t make brains like they used to!
Look at all the boxers with 200+ fights who seemingly lived out fairly healthy normal lives. And boxing is 10x worse on the noggin than MMA.
Look at all the boxers with 200+ fights who seemingly lived out fairly healthy normal lives. And boxing is 10x worse on the noggin than MMA.
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Don't forget Rickson (400-1) and Frank Dux (339-0). Although I think this thread is about mere mortals, not celestial beings.
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It's partly this but it's mainly just where each guy lands on the CTE roulette wheel - not something we can quantify and rationalize. Horn still cumulatively took far, far more damage than a lot of fighters do in their career.
He suffered bad stoppage losses in the Chuck and Lindland fights in the space of four fights and still had a long career after it.
The Chuck 2 fight is actually extremely bad in terms of damage. Horn saved himself by admitting he was so fucked up he couldn't see. That's the type of fight that kills people more than brutal KOs because they keep being allowed to fight on after clearly being concussed multiple times.
