great read from a fighter now a writer who suffered a detached retina

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  1. PityTheFool

    PityTheFool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Good post.:good
    The oft-forgotten real side of boxing.We mostly discuss the 2%
     
  2. JunitoJab

    JunitoJab Antagonist Full Member

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    Fantastic insight..

    The worry about Margarito is the strength of his orbital bone right ?

    Did he have a detached retina at all ?
     
  3. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes, he had that, too, JJ
     
  4. SweetHome_Bama

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  5. JunitoJab

    JunitoJab Antagonist Full Member

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    Scary to think of having one
     
  6. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  7. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    Thanks for posting. I knew his eye would be alright.
     
  8. Rudyard

    Rudyard **** How You Feel!! HOE! banned

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  9. Boxing Fanatic

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    cool story, bro seriously
     
  10. vengeex

    vengeex Boxing Junkie banned

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    Top notch American eye specialist examined Margo's eye and proclaimed it's fine. I'm amazed why so many peeps here still calls it a "bad" eye. That was months ago before the surgeries.

    For Cotto, he better have the correct gameplan and not focus on that "bad" eye.
     
  11. Bodyshot99

    Bodyshot99 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    a weakness is a weakness

    no matter what a doctor says, you can always expect the unexpected

    it wont hurt cotto to throw a couple left hooks to that eye
     
  12. thawk888

    thawk888 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    ****, I was never worried about the eyeball, but his orbital bone was shattered, not just fractured.
     
  13. john garfield

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  14. Peppermint

    Peppermint Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Thank for posting, great article. PittyTheFool, your absolutely right we only discuss the 2%. So many fighters out there that have made boxing their lives and sacraficed so much, all with a different story. All of them unique and interesting. I can honestly say Ive never met an uninteresting fighter. Even the ones I butt heads with.