CHICAGO: Neurologic disorders of the type which have afflicted such boxers as Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali, may be due to the blows they suffered in the ring, a researcher said.
Robinson, the former world welterweight and middleweight champion who died this week, suffered from Alzheimer’s disease which erases the memory. Ali, the former heavyweight champion suffers from Parkison’s syndrome which causes slurred speech and stumbling gait.
Parrico Reyes a researcher at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia said he studied eight retired elderly amateur and professional boxers who had shown signs of unexplained mental decline.
All of them were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and several also had P: kkinson disease and other problems, he said.
The identities of the fighters were not released in the study which was presented ‘at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology.
While our study was small and some of the data has yet to be analyzed our findings indicate that the type of chronic head injuries boxers suffer during their careers could lead to delayed and selected degeneration of the central nervous system in susceptible individuals.” Reyes said.
CHANDIGARE: Chiranjeev Milkha Singh retained the title in the junior Asian Golf Championship held in Bangkok.
Daniel Chopra of Delhi finished runner up in the 1518 age group class “A” tournament.
Amandeep Johl and Arjun Singh were the other two Indians in the four day meet,
Playing eight over par for four days, Chiranjeev son of Flying Sikh Milkha Singh, got the top place. On the inaugural day he played two over par but lost concentration on the second day when he carded eight over par. Displaying skill in pitching and putting the Chandigarh golfer scored two under on the third day. His performance on the final day was also praiseworthy. He played at par.
Article extracted from this publication >> May 12, 1989
