The question has puzzled doctors since the days Joe Louis ruled the heavyweight division and boxing rivaled baseball as the biggest sport in the nation: Why do some fighters suffer brain damage from ...

LAS VEGAS – The question has puzzled doctors since the days Joe Louis ruled the heavyweight division and boxing rivaled baseball as the biggest sport in the nation: Why do some fighters suffer brain ...

Chris Arreola (36-4-1, 31 KOs) of Escondido, Calif., will go into Saturday night’s nationally televised fight against Travis Kauffman (30-1, 22 KOs) of Reading, Penn., with every intention of landing ...

The risk and nature of injury in the sport of boxing has generated a great deal of controversy in the medical community, especially in relation to youth boxing. A new study, conducted by researchers ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — New research indicates that weight around the waist may be particularly harmful to heart health. A recent study compared two different types of workouts to determine which was more ...

ALBANY >> About one-third of professional mixed martial arts matches end in knockout or technical knockout, indicating a higher incidence of brain trauma than boxing or other martial arts, according ...

The fighting world’s glitterati — most of them Nevada natives — descended on Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to show unified support for the Cleveland Clinic’s ongoing study of head and brain injuries ...

Common sense would suggest the more a person gets hit in the head, the more likely that person could suffer from a brain disease later in life. A yearlong study of 78 boxers and mixed martial arts ...

A new study by the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health could ultimately let professional fighters know when they should hang up their gloves or suffer permanent brain damage. The result ...

Viewed through a scientist’s lens, professional boxing is a series of scheduled, measurable head traumas. In other words, it is a human model for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Seen this way, ...

CHICAGO — For years, researchers have documented the therapeutic benefits of exercise for patients with neurological and movement disorders. Now, a pilot study shows that boxing may ease the symptoms ...

Mixed martial arts (MMA) may look ultra-violent and bloody at first impression, but a new study found that MMA is actually less dangerous to its participants than another popular contact sport, boxing ...