SUMMARY Twenty active amateur boxers were studied seeking evidence of neurological dysfunction and, if present, the best method for detecting it. Seven of these boxers had an abnormal clinical neurological examination, eight an abnormal EEG and nine of 15 examined had abnormal neuropsychometry. The CT scan was abnormal in only one. An abnormal clinical examination correlated significantly (p < 005) with an increasing number of fights, and an abnormal EEG with decreasing age (p < 0O05). In several of the neuropsychometric tests, the boxers were significantly worse than controls (p < O O5). Neuropsychometry was the best method for detecting neurological dysfunction.Boxing remains controversial. In its recent report, the British Medical Association (BMA) collected evidence showing that, in both professional and amateur boxers, there is clinical, radiological and neuropsychological evidence of permanent brain damage.'In some the damage is severe.

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