I had an amateur Boxing match in my early 20s. I got socked *hard* on the chin late in the first round, when I got to my stool I barely knew where I was or what I was doing. It's hard to explain the confusion you feel to someone who's never experienced it. You hear shouting from the crowd, you see your cornermen and coach, you hear them talking to you... but it's like they're not *truly* there. It's like.... you're watching yourself, disconnected from your body and the situation. The fight went on two more rounds. Apparently, I scored a TKO near the end of the 3rd round. I only know this because, a few minutes after I won, some guy raised my hand to cheers. My ears were ringing, I was seeing stars, my chest felt like it was on fire. **I have ZERO recollection of landing the punch that put my opponent down for a 10 count.** The footage shows: I got hit again, pretty hard, but I immediately countered with a right uppercut. Opponent ducked into it, went down hard, couldn't stand up. I vaguely remember looking at the ref and asking "What happened?" in utter confusion. I might have taken some serious brain damage that night. My coach and teammates were so proud of me. "You timed that uppercut perfectly, you drew him right into that trap, great job!" I'm like "Uh.. yeah.... I did that, totally got him, guy's a sucker!" The truth: I believe I was functioning almost purely on instinct at that point. Adrenaline dump, not very experienced at this point, and I took 2 or 3 hard punches to the head- on top of a pretty rough weight cut. I was primed for brain damage and short-term memory loss, and it happened. I suffered no lingering effects from this that I know of. I may have forgotten about them.... ;)