Sean Strickland Believes Boxing Is More Dangerous
Former UFC Middleweight Champion and number one contender Sean Strickland believes this boxing is more dangerous than MMA. Sean Strickland was judging this by the damage it does to someone’s brain.
Sean Strickland is someone who has given and taken a lot of damage both inside the gym and the octagon. Sean Strickland believes he is an expert in this subject. Recently, Sean Strickland went to social media to offer his take on the debate regarding which of the sports is the most dangerous in the long term.
“Boxers and MMA fighters always argue which sport takes more brain damage lol,” Strickland wrote on X.
“Two autistic people competing to be less autistic lol! But as a man who trains at a high level in both, boxing takes way way way way way way more brain damage.”
The consensus appears to siding with the former champion. Many of them pointing out the fact that boxers target the head of their opponent for 36 minutes. This is the opposite of MMA fighters who deploy jiu-jitsu and wrestle-heavy attacks during 15 to 25 minutes of action.
Dana White Claims Powerslap Is Safer
During an interview earlier this year, the UFC CEO Dana White attempted to state his case that Boxing is a more dangerous sport than Powerslap. Dana White talked about this when he stated;
“If you look at boxing, right, these guys train and spar for months leading up to a fight, then they go in there, and they fight 12 rounds,” White said in an interview with Time.
“You’ve seen the UFC fights, knock-down, drag-’em-out wars. These guys go in and take three slaps or less… We spend the money. As long as you know you have two healthy athletes going in to compete, the proper medical attention is there that night, and they get the proper medical attention after, you take a huge portion of the risk out”
Interestingly, Dana White also revealed in the same interview as before that he discovered black spots on his brain during a recent study. This is a result of his younger years as a boxer.
“I used to box when I was younger. I went in, and I did one of those brain studies. I have black spots all over my brain from what I did. I wouldn’t take back one punch. Not one. The position that I’m in right here, right now, today, I wouldn’t take one punch back because I loved it that much.”
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