The neurodegenerative condition chronic traumatic encephalopathy appears to be driven by damage to the blood-brain barrier ...

For decades, scientists have struggled to understand exactly how years of taking hits to the head while playing sports can ...

A “leaky” blood-brain barrier is the “key link” between repetitive head injuries and poor long-term brain health in retired athletes, new research from Trinity College Dublin has found.

The inquest into Hatton's death thrust the focus on how boxing struggles to care for retired fighters, but there are those battling for them ...

Several boxing gloves on the wall. Photo Credit: John Heider/hometownlife.com via Imagn Content Services, LLC. Japanese boxer Shigetoshi Kotari died from a brain injury on Friday, six days after his ...

Chris Billam-Smith was so enraged by Brandon Glanton’s crass threats to give him “brain damage” ahead of their April fight in London that he had to speak to his breathwork coach. The American ...

Manny Pacquiao will enter the ring for the 70th time as a professional when he faces unbeaten American Keith “One Time” Thurman next month. But there’s already concern from certain quarters that he ...

TOKYO (AP) — Two Japanese boxers have died from brain injuries sustained in separate bouts on the same card at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall. Shigetoshi Kotari, 28, collapsed shortly after completing a ...

Following the accident, John Famechon was admitted into intensive care Source: Microsoft Copilot / Microsoft John Famechon suffered an incapacitating brain injury in August 1991. In October 1992, John ...