Re: The tribute to Hatton I wanted to see

I have a very good friend who's been suffering for a few years. 24 years in the army did for him, he suffers from Gulf War Syndrome, (a condition not recognised by the UK or US governments) PTSD and severe depression. They put the army into him but they didn't take it out, i.e. when he came out, it was just "on your way son, the real world's over there".

It makes me wonder if top level sport, boxing in particular, is similar to this. It must take some brutal kind of mental conditioning to get a fighter up for the big bouts. A whole team of specialists pushing them forward and then when it's all over, some boxers, even though they may have family and friends, will have lost that support group. It's a support group that only those on the inside would properly understand, possibly similar to living the regiment life.