2007-01-24 00:48:31 · 10 answers · asked by rr 3 in Sports ➔ Boxing
Can't give you a definitive answer, but Parkinsons' is a neurodegenerative disease. Parkinson suffereres have lost alot of brain cells that affect the level of dopamine a chemical in the brain that among other things control movement. He could be what we call in the boxing biz punch drunk. If you watch his three fights with Joe Frazier Ali took alot of blows to the head and he should have retired after the last fight with Frazier in 1975. But no one can say for sure why he developed Parkinsons'.
2007-01-24 03:32:12 · answer #1 · answered by HarveyB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
After years of getting punched in the head - damage has shown up in the form of Parkinson's.
2007-01-24 08:58:06 · answer #2 · answered by QueenBee 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Parkinson's disease can be hereditery. Some suggest there's a correlation to the pounding his head took all those years in the ring. Yet, Michael J. Fox wasn't a boxer.
Very sad debilitating disease.
2007-01-24 09:00:21 · answer #3 · answered by Patricia S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likeley getting punched in the head so many times. His "rope-a-dope" strategy. Lay on the ropes and let the other guy punch himself out. Plus when he was fighting the fights were 15 rounds. Thats 3-5+ rounds of getting hit in the head every fight.
2007-01-24 13:43:29 · answer #4 · answered by jdp000109 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is the latest causes "genetic, toxins, head trauma, and drug-induced Parkinson's disease." From latest studies, it could of been all the head punches he took after all.
Boxing promoters have denied this for years.
2007-01-24 10:54:54 · answer #5 · answered by Billy Dee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was all the blows he took to his head. I just watched a show on ESPN that called it sort of a Punch Drunk Syndrom.
2007-01-24 13:04:19 · answer #6 · answered by edempsey18 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I dont understand is this. If trauma caused it, why is it getting worse? He's not taking punches anymore.
2007-01-24 18:48:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No certain reason, he did not catch it from someone, it is not contagious. It is just something that happens to people, and unfortunately, he was one of them.
2007-01-24 08:56:16 · answer #8 · answered by rosey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he got it because of boxing, his brain was damaged badly because of long career in boxing, with a damaged brain his motor system is out of sync.
2007-01-24 08:58:34 · answer #9 · answered by P Ni Ka 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it can attack anyone. micheal j.fox has the same thing and he never boxed.
2007-01-25 21:50:29 · answer #10 · answered by saxaphonist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋