couple that with the brain damage and the knowledge that you aren’t as great as you once were. fighting is not a forgiving sport by any means.
no it isn't, i've never been around top boxers but i was around some successful mma'rs, i was always surprised by how bitter and depressed they seemed. I also wasn't always very forgiving, if a grown man can't sus out what's good and what's bad for him it's his fault, and I'd tell them that. but at the same time, i didn't understand it, they had success, made some money, lived decently, so, maybe it comes down to ego, ego is never satisfied, even Ali seemed to go through some real depression in the 80's when it sunk in that it was all over, so do many fighters, i know that can be a symptom of brain damage but it can also be a symptom of loss. I look at some stories and thank god that my ego was never so big as to get me into real trouble.
It is sad. If I were a billionaire the first thing I'd do is make a home for old fighters
