Stevenson Adonis in critical condition. in hospital

you are going to need a bigger boat.

 

For your dumbass?? A shiny object and a small net will do.

 

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no, you flopped mate. try again.

 

is that what you call your pals that you needed to team up with to take me on. Shiny object and small net. Which one is Mendoza?

 

Is it true, laughing about a fighters death? Yes or no? You avoided that question.

You're lucky LeftRightDownthe Pipe does not post in the classic section. If they read that type of stuff you'd be running for cover.

 

Gvodzyk's pimp hand is strong

 

true I completely and blatantly avoided answering yes or no by above typing the word -

u r hilarious mendoza,

U actually weakened LeftHands gang of three by adding yourself to it haha.

 

So in other words you are being ambiguous by design, which leads me to believe the other posters allegation is true. Yes, you did laugh about life and death from a fighter taking too much in the ring. I might just archive this thread as such a act by the fans should not be tolerated in boxing. Ring deaths are very sad. Personally I think Stevenson is a real POS, but like you and I he has friends and family that love him.

Fair warring the next time I see you trolling in the classic section, this behavior of yours will be brought up.

You should apologies immediately. Right now.

 

sure Mendy, the word -

is so very ambiguous, u fruitcake.

loving this....if it wasnt in a thread about a guy in hospital.

 

Wow I just googled boxing lounge. I actually never knew their was a lounge where guys talk so freely. I have the boxing section set up on my iPhone. Anyway it looks pretty toxic but it was interesting to see some of the regular trolls on this board being called out for what many suspect they already are.

 

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Yeah, same here confirmed my suspicions about a few, despite them denying it on here. As weird as it is browsing it, all regular posters here who don't should go and have a look as it explains some of the axe-grinding that goes on.

 

Yes.

 

Knockout that left Adonis Stevenson in coma prompts questions in medical community

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/adonis-stevenson-stable-condition-1.4930962

Professional boxer was put in an artificial coma when his condition deteriorated after the fight

One of the doctors who worked the boxing match Saturday night in Quebec City that left Adonis Stevenson hospitalized in an induced coma said he and his colleagues are at a loss to medically justify the sport.

The goal of boxing is to inflict damage on the opponent, often by knocking him unconscious. And that carries important risks for severe head trauma, Jean Dore said.

"I can't say we can justify it," Dore said in an interview. "It's a question a lot of doctors are asking, especially doctors within the sport."

As of Monday evening, Stevenson, the 41-year-old Montreal-based fighter known to his fans as Superman, remained in intensive care in a Quebec City hospital after a knockout by Oleksandr Gvozdyk of Ukraine.



In a statement, the hospital described the fighter's condition as stable.

Despite his misgivings, Dore said he prefers to remain ringside rather than leave the sport.


Montreal boxer Adonis 'Superman' Stevenson in hospital after Quebec City fight

One of his patients was New Brunswick boxer David Whittom, who died last March after being in an induced coma for 10 months following a knockout blow.

Dore chooses to keep attending fights, he said, "to better manage the situation and to try to prevent these events."

On Saturday, Dore was a backup physician and did not directly care for Stevenson.

Impossible to make sport safe, says brain trauma expert

Charles Tator, a neurosurgery professor at University of Toronto and a director at Canadian Concussion Centre, said it pains him to watch boxing.

"I can't really watch combat sports because it bothers me so much when I see the direct hits to the head," he said in an interview.

He said it's "tragic" that people willingly get into the ring.

"There are so many hits to the head that could be damaging, that I can't take it as a brain surgeon, knowing what happens inside," Tator continued.

Alain Ptito, a brain trauma expert at McGill University's Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, said it is impossible to make the sport safe.

Boxer David Whittom dies after 10 months in a coma following Fredericton fight

"When you are knocking out someone, you are essentially damaging their brain," he said in an interview.

A fighter who stumbles and crashes onto the mat after a knockout punch has suffered trauma to the area around the brain stem, which governs vigilance and consciousness, he explained.

Injuries are cumulative, Ptito added, meaning the more one gets hit in the head, the greater the likelihood they will have an early degenerative disease.

"Boxing should be abolished as a sport," he said. "I wouldn't hesitate to say that."

But any pressure by doctors to ban professional boxing would trigger resistance from those who say government has no place interfering with consenting adults who understand the sport's risks.

Boxing called more than a sport

In Montreal, one of the top boxing cities on the continent, the pushback would be particularly strong, said TSN 690 boxing analyst Matt Casavant.

Fighters such as Lucian Bute, Jean Pascal, and Stevenson are major sporting figures in the city and are embraced by fans, said Casavant, who also works bouts as a cutman treating fighters between rounds.

Boxing transcends sport, in part because of the storylines of troubled men who make something of their lives, Casavant said.

Stevenson, for instance, served jail time for being a pimp. The boxer has in the past credited boxing for turning his life around.

"These fighters, especially in North American culture, do not necessarily choose this path," Casavant said.

"This is their best way of getting out of trouble of making a living for their family. Boxing knows what it is. It's not trying to hide the fact it has big-time risks and health concerns."

Sylvera "Sly" Louis, co-owner of Underdog Boxing Gym in downtown Montreal, said boxing changed his life.

"Boxing lets me express my anger, my anger and my desire to create and to compete," he said in an interview. "It allows me to be nice [outside the ring]."

Louis, 36, who still competes professionally, said seeing what happened to Stevenson was a reminder of the dangers of the ring.

"Sometimes when I've gotten hit, my ego will want to pretend that it didn't hurt me," he said. "We're all proud and sometimes our pride can get us hurt."

Tim Hague 'shouldn't have been in the ring,' critic says of fatal boxing match

Louis started boxing at 16, and he says it makes him happy to see people he's come up with over the years doing well, thanks in large part to the sport.

"We're not in jail and we're not dead," he said. "Some have families and most are doing good."

With files from CP's Gregory Strong