There’s no hiding the cost of combat sports. Even a hundred years ago, fighters and physicians were well aware that a career in the ring carried a heavy risk of long-term mental impediment. The terminology has changed over time, as has our understanding of just exactly what causes the damage, and how. But there are still few, if any, ways to prevent that damage from taking place for people looking to make money out of fighting.
Only two fights into his pro boxing career, that kind of cost-benefit analysis already seems to be at the front of Jake Paul’s mind.