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punch-drunk
(redirected from Dementia pugilistica)

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punch-drunk
adj.
Showing signs of brain damage caused by repeated blows to the head. Used especially of a boxer.


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Griffith, 68, today suffers from dementia pugilistica, partly because of a lengthy 19-year career, partly because of a near-fatal beating he suffered outside a New York nightclub in 1992.
GRIFFITH A HIT AT HALL OF FAME by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Jerry Quarry's death at age 63 and his years of suffering from dementia pugilistica should remind us of the tragic price paid by so many fighters, even the good ones.
PUBLIC FORUM : CALL THIS A LAKE? by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
PHOTO Jerry Quarry hit hard, but boxing hit harder, leaving him with dementia pugilistica.
TIME EXPOSED QUARRY'S LOSS; HEAD BLOWS LEFT HEAVYWEIGHT WITH THE ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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