i dont buy that. plenty of fighters would flip the bird to the fans and do whats best for them. floyd made the most money ever doing just that.
Exactly! I've just watched the fight. Dadashev's problems started literally from the first round. Matias didn't respect his power almost at all, and constantly pressured Maxim, landing quite a lot of punches — that left hook was hitting the top of Dadashev's head all night, for example, round after round, almost exactly in the same place... Having said that, Dadashev was able to move away, using his footwork. In the second part of the fight he got more tired and started to take more punishment, but he wasn't even knocked down once, it never was like a huge one punch landed — just accumulation of punches, round after round. After the 9th round Dadashev already looked bad (he should've been examined by a doctor at that time, I think). But, strangely, he was quite active and even successful in the 10th — can be scored as a round for Dadashev. There was no logic for the referee to stop the fight before the 10th or in the 10th round! In the 11th Matias again renewed his pressure and landed a lot, but Dadashev moved and tried to retaliate. And the fight was stopped before the 12th. So, if somebody is to blame, it's the doctor. He should have checked Dadashev at least once during the fight...
Just to clarify my like...I am not liking that this is unfortunate. I am just acknowledging that I don't think you could have done a better job in handling the fight and Dadashev. It is just horrible hat this was the outcome.
The doctor? The doctor only visits a corner if called upon to do so by the referee. The only people to really keep tabs on a fighter is the cornermen themselves. Through their own fighters mannerisms in the corner it is they who should have an idea when something is not right with their fighter. I'll admit to not having watched this fight, but what pissed me off is watching Buddy McGirt put his fighter on the spot like that by asking permission to stop the fight. The one thing you don't do to a Warrior is leave it to him to decide whether he wants to continue to receive punishment. What did Buddy want Max to say to him? "Yeah, I'm done, I quit!" …...and have the media and assholes in this forum then label that fighter a quitter? Trainers shouldn't put their fighters on the spot like that, especially this day in age when they know there is always a camera on them. What Buddy McGirt did here wasn't right.
Hmm, does he? Really? I guess I remember at least several boxing fights in which the doctors were quite proactive. Anyway, if we need to change something, that needs to be changed — the doctors should worry more about the fighters' health. They are not trained to do that. It's not always easy. Sometimes it's difficult to tell simple exhaustion from some really worrying signs. Well, according to Sergey Kovalev, Buddy already had made a decision to stop the fight anyway at that point, and was just hoping to get a confirmation from Maxim as well.
You whisper into your fighters ear, "I'm stopping it son, I'm not going to let you take another shot!" The way Buddy did it in a loud tone for the cameras to catch was just wrong. Max's demeanor throughout Buddy's words with him was written all over his face, "yes, I'm done!" …...but as a Warrior, he didn't want to verbalize it. You don't leave it to the fighter to have to verbalize it and leave behind a stigma that they quit.
That's why I said boxer's weights should be monitored all year long. They wouldn't be allowed to drop more than a certain percentage from this weight for the fight. They could also do tests for dehydration before the fight. These are just ideas to try to keep boxing whilst reducing the risks. It's good to discuss and question.
If you want to get to the point, they should have hydration requirements at the weigh in. If the blood is too concentrated immediately before the scales, you can’t step on. It makes draining impossible.
This is a BS comparison tbh. Amateurs fighting 3 x 3 minutes mostly. They're having headgear, bigger gloves (sometimes) AND some other rules if comes to domination. If one guy is landing 3-4 punches in a row clean the ref breaks them up and gives one guy a count. And RSC stoppages (TKO) are more common there aswell. If sb. is dominating and other guy is eating shots without throwing back or blocking some its over very soon. Ref probably doesn't wait a full round to stop the fight. There are many reasons why amateur boxing is much safer than pro boxing. The whole amateur style is different aswell, mostly guys are fighting to point each other out, not hurt each other or throwing shots with bad intentions. Amateur boxing is almost safe. Pro boxing unfortunately not as there are a lot of factors which make it worse. I don't blame the doctor or even the corner for what happened.
