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"It's an old story--a fighter gains fame, drives fast cars, makes piles of cash, and dates beautiful women. Then comes the fall--booze, drugs, depression, poverty, illness. This dark narrative has been playing out for a hundred years. Doctors first identified ""Punch Drunk Syndrome"" in 1928. It later became known as ""Dementia Pugilistica."" Today, we call it CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy). The secret history of this disease in boxing has never been fully told--until now. In Damage, Tris Dixon uncovers the difficult truths of boxing and CTE and chronicles the lives of fighters affected by it. He interviews some of the sport's biggest names, some lesser-known journeymen, and highly respected trainers and other figures to try to understand why no one wants to discuss CTE or take responsibility for it. Ultimately, Dixon takes aim at what boxing can do to help the warriors who sacrifice their health seeking glory in the ring. Will this book finally drive the sport to address the issue and help fighters get the help they deserve?"

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Tris Dixon has written about boxing at all levels for more than two decades. He is the former editor of Boxing News and has covered the sport in more than a dozen countries and over four continents. Dixon has written for The Ring and Boxing Scene and has worked as a boxing broadcaster for Sky Sports, BT Sport, and CNN. He authored the books Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing, The Road to Nowhere: A Journey Through Boxing's Wastelands, and Money: The Life and Fast Times of Floyd Mayweather, and he ghostwrote War and Peace: My Story with British boxing icon Ricky Hatton. He's also an elector for the International Boxing Hall of Fame, a member of The Ring ratings panel, the Boxing Writer's Club, and the Boxing Writers Association of America. Dixon currently resides in New Forest, United Kingdom. Jonathan Cowley is a British voice actor who calls Los Angeles home. He is an accomplished narrator, having recorded over sixty audiobooks and received AudioFile Earphones Awards for his narration of The Science of Evil by Simon Baron-Cohen, The Tower, the Zoo and the Tortoise by Julia Stuart, and The Angry Chef's Guide to Spotting Bullsh*t in the World of Food by Anthony Warner.

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