Out of every hit I've seen, including the ones that left dudes' unconscious, seizing, and/or paralyzed from the neck down, I'd say that that hit wasn't close to being that hard.
But Higgins put his shoulder into his chest. And it looked like he tried to truck him. It's possible. I'm not gonna rule out either. But you seem to be dismissing commotio Cordes out-of-hand.
Out of every hit I've seen, including the ones that left dudes' unconscious, seizing, and/or paralyzed from the neck down, I'd say that that hit wasn't close to being that hard.
The most dangerous boxing punches are the ones that are so short and fast you don't see them coming, not the big looping haymakers.
Perhaps, but most boxers don't wear helmets.
But Higgins put his shoulder into his chest. And it looked like he tried to truck him. It's possible. I'm not gonna rule out either. But you seem to be dismissing commotio Cordes out-of-hand.
You would think, with the hundreds of thousands or millions of NFL tackles over the years, that it would have happened before.