cook purse

How do you know he had a prolapsed disc before his MRI ? Same question re the surgery ? If he was injured before the fight , which he clearly was, he should not have 1 taken it or 2 been allowed to take it. His health should come first.

 

well well well if it isn't mr "i was there with the fighter mate, hes my mate, i saw things you didn't see because im more connected than you are"

the chap conned the fans, knew he was going into a fight injured and put in an absolutely dismal performance and should get paid his full purse?

nobody gives a toss about your injuries mate, we are talking about cook here.

he knew exactly what was going to happen and just turned up for his paycheck. he had no intention of winning the fight, simple as.

 

First Haye's toe, now Cook's back.... if your injured, don't fight. It's giving a strong message that your only turning up for the cash. Boxing needs to deal with this.

 

I was in the ladies being sick, from the dodgy pizza I had from that pizza express across the way from the Echo and I missed the fight. All the way down to liverpool from Glasgow to :barf not good.

I got lost driving home, I ended up traveling to Birmingham not thinking I was going the wrong way :rofl I must have had Frankie Gavin on the brain yesterday morning :nut

 

At least there was strength in depth on the bill so the Mitchell-Murray fight still gave good entertainment. If Cook knew that he was carrying an injury then he should have looked to delay the fight, but he could have thought that he was fit enough (particularly as Burns is often criticized for having fought lower-level opposition so Cook might have viewed this as a 'soft' title shot. Looked to me as though he was in real pain caused by a punch, so I don't see a case for withholding his purse. Sportsmen compete with niggling injuries all the time, goes with the territory. Trouble is, Cook got hit right on his and it affected him worse than he thought. Shame it went that way, but I don't feel that it was anyone's fault, particularly the promoter - as he said afterwards, Cook was passed fit to fight. If anything, credit to the promotor for having four decent, interesting fights on the bill, which offset the negative impact of Burns-Cook being disappointing.

 

It looked genuine to me. You could see his legs twitching when he went down.

 

i dont doubt he was genuinely hurt but he came into the fight with a bad injury. burns was backed off the boards to win by ko. cook basically conned his way to his paycheque. he should never have been in the ring and the fans and the boxing game are the ones who suffer as a result of his greed. coming into a fight with a bad injury knowing that you are not going to win the fight but just coming to collect your cheque is disgraceful

 

There is no doubt nicky cook was in pain but he could never have been fit for twelve rounds of boxing a pro boxer does thousand sit up he would twist and turn maybe ten thousand time press ups now he looked in shape no doubt but a lot of people paid good money and travel cost some with hotels so you don,t have to be a genus to work it out he had problem so should have pulled out instead of looking for a last pay day but didnt expect it to happen so quick maybe 5 or 6 rounds. now here another thing went to the bookies to bet ricky to win middle half and bet stoppage ladbrokes at 12 oclock on the day said to me all bet frozen as there a problem with cook.

 

Trust me that was absolutely genuine. Im not sure why anyone's doubting it. Cookie has had back trouble his entire career. That was common knowledge. Looks like most people seem to have forgotten that.:think

 

Fair play, Guv.

Out of interest, did you place a bet on the fight and if so, how much?

 

He tried to continue. The BBBofC and Frank are to blame.

 

How can anyone be to blame? Cook has a freak injury. Obviously trained for the fight. Passed his medicals. Certainly looked in shape. But then has an accident in the ring and injures himself and someone's to blame for that?

 

i think he was genuinley in pain but he purposley got hit on the back. he turned his back to the punches twice. its so obvious if u look for it

 

agree 100%

 

I have no doubt Cook's injury was genuine however the fact that booking was suspended suggests that there was some sort of word on the street.

When do boxers get their medicals in terms of days/hours before a fight?