Good post. Yes, boxers get a lot, and really a lot, more punches to the skull. There is a causation between number of hard punches to the head and neurodegeneration leading to parkinsonism. Genetic factors are very important too. On the other hand, sparring is actually very helpful for Parkinson's patients.
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I heard 'training' was helpful for t hem I never heard sparring was helping
(Light) sparring can in fact be helpful for people with Parkison's.
interesting do you know if any aspect of grappling training was researched ?
Not that I know of. But the positive effect of sparring is well known, and you can even find scientific papers https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21088118. But repeatedly heavy punches to the head has been linked to Parkinsons, so the role of boxing and PD is Janus-faced:)
I wonder if it might benefit to limit sparring to body blows
for Parkinsons I mean