"Beautifully brutal". What comes to mind when you think of this?

Objective is to win. Objective is to hit, and not get hit. Objective is to make sure you don't get brain damage yourself. lol 

And the fastest way to win, thus reducing the chance of being hit is by a KO and a KO is indeed brain damage.

Concussion doesn't always cause permanent damage. A relatively soft tap on "the button" can stun a person for more than 10 seconds, and at flyweight it's more like a game of tag, the guys usually don't have the power to hurt each other. Speed and finesse are what gets the points in the lighter divisions.

While I agree with you that concussion does not always lead to permanent brain damage, it is still damage to the brain, hence brain damage.

Jaw Impact

A punch to the jaw causes the head to suddenly spin around. This quick motion of causes trauma to the brain that knocks the recipient out leaving him unconscious. Points on the jaw that are especially vulnerable to knockouts are the sides of the chin, and where the jaw is attaches to the skull.

Acceleration and Deceleration

When the jaw is punched, the head quickly accelerates around. After a fraction of a second, it quickly decelerates as muscles, tendons, and bones prevent the head from spinning any further. The brain inside the skull is floating in fluid. It accelerates slower than the rest of the head. This forces it to crash into the inside of the skull when the head stops.

Brain Trauma

When the brain slams into the inside of the skull, it suffers trauma. It then bounces off the inside of the skull and slams into the opposite side. This causes even more trauma. Depending on the force of the punch, this can happen several times before the brain comes to rest inside the skull.

Nervous System Response

The trauma to the brain stimulates an overwhelming number of neurotransmitters to fire at the same time. This essentially overloads the nervous system sending it into a state of temporary paralysis. The person who is hit in the jaw loses consciousness and his muscles relax. The injured person falls to the ground with no memory of being hit.

Recovery

A person who is knocked out by a punch to the jaw suffers a severe concussion. It can take anywhere from several seconds to several minutes to regain consciousness. It all depends on the severity of the brain trauma. In mild cases, the person who is knocked out can shake off the punch with little more than a headache. In severe cases, brain trauma from a knockout punch to the jaw can cause cerebral bleeding and death.

The ones who are more likely to have long-term brain damage are the ones who have a long career. And the ones who have the longer career are the ones who are good at it (because they wouldn't get paid for so long otherwise). In a fighter's early pro days, the opposition isn't generally of a high standard, and the fights are scheduled for less rounds. But as a good fighter progresses up the ranks, the opposition becomes tougher, they hit harder, and the fight can last up to 12 rounds. Those are generally the most dangerous fights. And it's why defensive skills, like Floyd Jr excels at, are so important. Legends like James Toney, Riddick Bowe and Floyd Sr have noticeable CTE damage when they speak. Even Shane Mosely, who hasn't been retired that long, is now starting to show signs of it in his speech. It isn't always caused by one good punch. It's also from the accumulation of shots they withstood. Because EVERYONE hits hard at the elite level. 

Never heard of this guy before. Thanks.

Shar, I've always loved boxing.  What's not to like, watching two grown a$$ed men legally beat the living crap out of each other?   We should make it legal for men who do really stupid a$$ things that they can go to jail for, instead, being forced to take a serious beat down by the World Heavyweight Champion.  I'd pay to watch that kind of stuff! ;-)

OH  I'm SORRY.

I love boxing.  I thought this was that fake wrestling stuff.

MY bad.

Love boxing.  I'm nuts and a hypocrite, but I get that one.  

soRRY, IGNORE THAT INSANE PERSON ABOVE WITH MY NAME.

I LOVE BOXING.  i THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT WRESTLING.