{"id":180490,"date":"2026-04-14T09:24:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/logros-de-don-jose-sulaiman-las-investigaciones-neuronales-en-la-ucla\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:01:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:01:30","slug":"achievements-of-don-jose-sulaiman-neural-research-at-ucla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/achievements-of-don-jose-sulaiman-neural-research-at-ucla\/","title":{"rendered":"Achievements of Don Jos\u00e9 Sulaim\u00e1n: Neural Research at UCLA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Achievements of Don Jos\u00e9 Sulaim\u00e1n: Neural Research at UCLA<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Don Jos\u00e9 Sulaim\u00e1n Chagn\u00f3n, the man who not only presided over the WBC, but also humanized and modernized the sport of boxing, achieved great milestones during his career, which we continue to remember throughout 2026.<\/div>\n
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For Don Jos\u00e9 Sulaim\u00e1n, boxer safety was not just a matter of rules, but of applied science. One of his deepest legacies with the greatest long-term impact was the funding and development of scientific brain studies, carried out in direct collaboration with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).<\/div>\n
\nThis initiative was born from a clear premise: boxing had to stop being a sport based on assumptions and become a discipline backed by cutting-edge neurology.<\/div>\n
\nThrough the World Boxing Council (WBC), Don Jos\u00e9 allocated significant funds so that world-class specialists at UCLA could investigate the effects of impacts on the human brain. The primary objective was the detection of early injuries\u2014those not visible to the naked eye but which, if left untreated, can lead to chronic or fatal damage.
\nThanks to this research, critical advances were achieved in:<\/div>\n
\nIdentification of Cumulative Damage:\u00a0Understanding how micro-traumas affect long-term health, allowing for the establishment of more precise mandatory rest periods.<\/div>\n
\nRecovery Protocols:\u00a0Developing medical guidelines regarding when it is safe for a boxer to return to training and competition after suffering a knockout.<\/div>\n
\nDiagnostic Technology:\u00a0The push for boxing commissions to adopt the use of CT scans and MRIs as preventive requirements.
\nDon Jos\u00e9 did not just want scientific reports; he wanted changes in the ring. The UCLA studies provided the scientific basis for many of the rules we take for granted today, such as the reduction of rounds and immediate medical suspension after an intense fight.<\/div>\n

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Achievements of Don Jos\u00e9 Sulaim\u00e1n: Neural Research at UCLA Don Jos\u00e9 Sulaim\u00e1n Chagn\u00f3n, the man who not only presided over the WBC, but also humanized and [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":180485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}