What Happens When A Boxer Takes The Count?

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 55, 14 June 1948, Page 5

What Happens When A Boxer Takes The Count?

Boxing fans' have no doubt often wondered why one particular blow suddenly transforms a man from : a human -fighting machine to an inert figure on the canvas. The doctor at the" ringside ’ would, soon give - the reason. . - -!

.A clean k.o. in the ring most frequently follows a powerful punch, to the jaw. The hard slam into the solar plexus, is • almost as effective, but lacks the, precision, of a head blow. • . v ; *

’When you land a. hard enough, .blow on the point of the other fellow’s chin to snap his head back, the power oi, that /'blow is transmitted simultaneously along the line of; die jaw to the base of the;’skull, whete are situated those parts of the brain, that control conscious actions, such, as seeing, hearing, feeling and'movement. These control .centres are instantly paralysed;* The nerves' -controlling blood - pressure, are also affected, causing cerebral anaemia,, or a shortage of blood to the brain a sensation ’ similar to that of. fainting. ’. v •* The blow to the' solar plexus paralyses the blqpdevessels and arteries of the abdomen which indirectly interrupts the flow of blood, to the heart and to the and the. boxer is “out.” ‘