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Damage - The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing (Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Prize) (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 3 670
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Damage - The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing (Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Prize) (Paperback)
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Loot Price R367
Discovery Miles 3 670
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Damage has been shortlisted for the 2021 William Hill Sports Book
of The Year award! "This is the book that boxing has always
needed...It is shattering yet moving, informative yet tender...An
essential read for anyone who cares about boxing and its
courageous, damaged fighters."-Donald McRae, The Guardian "Anyone
who loves boxing-even the sport's most die-hard supporters-must
take a longer and more serious look at the issues that Tris Dixon
writes about with such nuance and humanity in Damage..."-Greg
Bishop, Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated It's an old story-a
fighter gains fame, drives fast cars, makes piles of cash, and
dates beautiful women. Then comes the fall-booze, drugs,
depression, poverty, illness. This dark narrative has been playing
out for a hundred years. 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.
He interviews some of the sport's biggest names, some lesser-known
journeymen, and highly respected trainers and other figures to try
to understand why no one wants to discuss CTE or take
responsibility for it. Ultimately, Dixon takes aim at what boxing
can do to help the warriors who sacrifice their health seeking
glory in the ring. Will this book finally drive the sport to
address the issue and help fighters get the help they deserve?
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