Recovery after exertion even,
What causes the exertion, is it say the training before a fight or the fight itself.
I find sometimes just before a contest I get really nervous and focused as most fighters do and then just let that all out in the ring and then, not all the time but say after a hard contest I just can't train for about a week, just wrecked.
Some people argue that it is the build up of training not the fight itself that causes this sort of energy flop but I find that its sort of all the nerves and whatever that just leave one drained after.
More importantly what are the best recovery methods.
Opinions/Advice?

My guess is nerves/mental/emotional.

Work with the mental and emotional, breathing exercises and proper food, water and rest.

EFT is a tool that I would teach any fighter if I was still a trainer without question. There are lots of good things out there, one thing I like about EFT is it can be learned easily and one can apply it to many things on ones own and are not dependent on seeing a practitioner.

As well as that, is it so that when one is recovering i'm guessing they would not be as sharp and therefore be more open to getting hit/knocked out.
When one gets knocked out (not unconcious but getting hit and falling over like a tree being felled) what would be a recommended recovery time. Some say 28 days some say three months.
Whats the thinking behind this, is it that say one might be more tender within that time or just that the brain not might be in top shape for that long?
Cheers.

And as well, what the story with some people being said to have a chin of granite and some people said to have no chin. Is it just mental or does it actually have something to do with physical attributes?
Every so often you might hear of a particular person getting knocked out on a regular basis, and then you hear of some fighter who takes lots of fights and might get some mighty blows but hardly ever gets knocked out(Ramon Dekkers).
I fear I might be falling into the former catagory.
Is there anything can be done to improve/avoid this?

One of the best (on top of food, water, rest, breathing and mental) for physical is alternating hot and cold. Don't start crazy and build up in length and temperature.

As cold and hot as you can (use intellect).

I know a couple elite athletes that are also trainers of elite athletes who built into their home (they are a couple) an ice water drum thing (not thinking of name at the moment)... to have alternating hot and cold dips...

Their opinion is it is one of the best ways of recovery. These guys know all the tricks too.

I started doing it just before I stopped training and it feels great. A little harder to qualify from personal experience as not enough time to experiment. I trust my source on this one big time.