Maxim Dadashev dies from injuries sustained

RIP

 

I agree. This one didn't get bad to me until the 11th. The 10th was pretty rough, but I didn't view it as a potential emergency. There have been other, more violent fights that worried me more and nothing happened. Kirkland/Tapia, Kessler/Andrade, Calzaghe/Lacy, etc.

• James Kirkland landed 305 of 644 punches
• Glen Tapia landed 132 of 437 punches

You just don't know. But I'd rather see all fights like the above get stopped rather than risk tragedy. These bouts don't need to get elongated to please bloodthirsty fans with no accountability. I wonder if Zakman will remind us how pleased he was that this fight reached its "natural" conclusion. What a ****wit.

 

Rest in peace to Maxim Dadashev.

And my sincere condolences to his wife and young family. To his trainer Buddy McGirt. And to all Russian boxing fans.

It's really sad and horrible news to boxing.

 

Do you guys think that we should start being less harsh on those who decide to quit in a fight?

 

Damn, that sucks...

 

Fair point but not all punches (just like not all punchers) are created equal. Kirkland might have bigger power than Matías both straight-up and pound for pound (relative to mass) if you measured both swinging a sledgehammer on some kind of instrument akin to a strength test at the circus...but his punching technique was comparably horrid. Matías is, of all four guys you mentioned, the only exceptionally hard puncher for his size that also punches well (although Kessler does come very close, I'd say he was more of a technician with decent power, not somebody that is going to potentially kill an opponent...plus Andrade was a freak of nature just built to absorb endless punishment and somehow not suffer any noticeable cognitive ill effects).

To be taking 11 rounds' worth of flush well-thrown shots from a hitter like Matías (over 300 of them all in all) is ...bad, to say the least. It would have served Dadashev to have not quite as good a chin as he does, honestly. Being put to sleep might've saved his life.

 

This will also definitely influence Buddy McGirt, and he has a fight (Kovalev vs. Yarde) in a month...

 

it was bad enough that after a couple of rds, i predicted he would get stopped by the 10th rd, and i had never seen either guy fight before.
the way it was handled once the fight was stopped is criminal. no medical precautions were taken after such an obvious sustained beating. had he not collapsed, he probably would have died in the dressing room or at home.
a victim of possible ineptness by medical staff ringside, and his own huge heart.
rip brave warrior.

 

I didnt see any of the fight until the 11th round and the first thing I noticed was how red his midsection was. It was even red going around to his back. Saw him crumple, the struggle to walk, the stretcher. Sad it had to end like this. We often complain about early stoppages, but this is why there is no such thing for the most part. It needs to be ok for a fighter to say he has had enough. Yea, its great to have the “warrior mentality” but not at the cost of your life. May you rest in peace Maxim.

 

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That's a good point. Buddy's a good dude and a trainer that cares about his fighters...I don't want to know what's going through his mind, but I hope he doesn't blame himself for it. He did the best he could.

 

It could have made a difference, you never know

 

It's terribly sad. A brave man, maybe too brave for his own good. I feel for his family and for Buddy McGirt too who clearly cared for his fighter and tried to protect him. This is a brutal sport and Maxim has paid the ultimate price. RIP.