Daniel "Twitch" Franco In Coma After KO Loss...

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  1. There Will Be Blood

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    Poor guy! I hope he recovers! His Go Fund Me page is up.
     
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  2. Serge

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    Hope he's gonna pull through. Canadian boxer David Whittom is still in an induced coma after suffering a brain injury during a fight. Fingers crossed he's going to be OK too.
     
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  3. CST80

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    I find it very irresponsible of Roc Nation to put this kid back in the ring as quickly as they did after getting KO'd by Christopher Martin in late March, Martin is not heavy handed in the least, he hasn't KO'd anyone in 4 years, and for him to stop Franco in 3, it should have told Roc Nation that Franco had a weak chin, but they toss this poor kid back into the ring in early May a little over a month after getting stopped, and again last night, its almost like they wanted to cut their losses.
     
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  4. Kratos

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    what i find amazing is how this doesn't happen every other weekend, especially from the heavyweights. you have fights like joshua vs klitschko , tua vs ibeabuchi which arent normal. humans arent supposed to be punching each other in the head with padding which makes you feel less pain on both ends which wouldn't happen bareknuckle.
     
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  5. Howitzer1888

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    Tua and Ibeabuchi had incredible durability really. The amount of punches they landed on each other... The average person would struggle to take one of those and stay up.
     
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  6. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    Pretty crazy how much less common it is among heavyweights compared to the lighter classes.
     
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  7. covetousjuice

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    Is it less common though? I can think of some heavyweight examples like Magomed Abdusalamov.

    It is confusing that it doesn't become more common the higher the weight class.

    Franco fought at 126 lb. How are heavyweights who are fighting at literally about twice that weight not causing more damage?

    Perhaps lighter weight = You can stay upright longer and just take more hits to the head?
     
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  8. The Ripper

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    More fluid around the brain so they don't have to weight cut
     
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  9. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    Abdusalamov-Perez was terrible, but that's actually what got me thinking about it- I've seen other heavyweight wars, and horrible KO's that look like as bad as the ones that lead to comas or death, but I couldn't really recall seeing the aftermath actually get that far. Seemed like it was more common in heavyweights pre-1960 than the last 50 years.

    Maybe it's not any less common for heavyweights at all, but it's still interesting (and good) we don't see more of it. Plenty of room for speculation.

    Regardless, I hope Franco can recover. The way he fell after that right was eerily like Johnny Owen.
     
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  10. Rock0052

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    That's a great point. The 24 hour hydration time isn't enough for the fluid lost during the cutting phase to replenish itself.
     
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