© 2002 British Journal of Sports Medicine
EDITORIAL
Boxing
Cavum septi pellucidi—a reason to ban boxers?
There is no evidence that a cavum septum pellucidum correlates with neuropsychological or clinical abnormality
Keywords: boxing; brain injury; concussion; cavum septum pellucidum
Boxing has been a human activity since antiquity. In ancient Rome, it was banned because of the high injury rate when boxers used leather hand wraps with sharp metal spikes called spharai. The safety of boxers became an issue in Great Britain in the early 18th century, when the use of biting, gouging, kicking, and other brutal techniques was outlawed. In 1743, the Broughton rules were introduced to limit some of these techniques, and these were subsequently replaced by the London Prize Ring rules in 1839. In 1867, the Marquis of Queensbury rules introduced the use of boxing gloves, three minute rounds, and the 10 second knockout in an attempt to make boxing safer.1 These measures did not eliminate either the acute or chronic neurological effects of boxing. Numerous accounts in both the medical literature and lay press have extensively documented the boxing deaths occurring in the ring since
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