fighting competitively with an injury

Bradley beat Pacquiao with 2 broke ankles. ATG status, Bradley the legend killer, then went on to box the HGH out of "Pacquiao killer" Juan Manuel Marquez after suffering "drain bamage" from the Provodnikov fight.

 

Fighting with a taped hand covered with wraps and a glove one is still able to hit...throwing a baseball is irrelevant to the what it is to be a fighter.Shooting hoops and trying to knock someone out isn't even comparable.The mechanics in boxing where hands are protected is the difference and requires less accuracy than making 2 pointers which does require better accuracy so an injury is going to effect a sport that needs more precision to compete in.boxing you don't have to be pin point accurate to win,hitting someone in the general area is not the same as trying to get a ball inside a net it barley fits in.No other sport is really as fine tuned like any combat sport when you add in how much of a chess match it is,the difference is you can fight injured without having to be perfect to win,the slightest angle of missing a basket or strike..etc is determined by the accuracy you have...fighting is to, but a punch will land on a target regardless.

 

Froch fought Pascal with a perforated ear drum and cracked rib yet said nothing and gave Pascal his due credit. He suffered them in sparring but feared divulging them because it was his first title fight and he didn't want to risk it being called off or Pascal being armed with this knowledge obviously.

 

Fighters usually don't show sighns of injuries.Usually after the fight one learns who broke or fractured what,not during.Its not a team sport you just cant take a boxer out of the game and replace him .

 

The only thing Bradley beat up in the fight were those ankles. He didn't beat Pac. Let's please stop suggesting he did. It's as bad as people saying Manny beat Floyd.

 

Players play injured in basketball, but there are doctors there to give cortisone shots during games, stitches at halftime. They have a lot more options. Plus, they can rest for two-three quarters before going in and doctors can do work during that time.

Boxing is really difficult. It's a really tough situation to be in. I mean, you're screwed. Reason why these dudes are fighters and not just on the boxing aspect. They're warriors in more ways than one and are good at concealing the injury or at least putting it at the back of their mind. Reason why it's less noticeable. So much adrenaline is going at that time too

 

Obviously you have never boxed LOL nuff said

 

Danny Williams KO'd Mark Potter....Williams had a dislocated shoulder for 2 to 3 rounds...!!!

 

Jeffries and (I think it was) Corbett fought through intense burns from lights that were too close to the ring. It was the first "quality production" of a filmed boxing match and they didn't know how the lighting would show up on film. The lights were too close to the ring and way too hot.

Bob Fitzsimmons has a famous shoulder tear injury in one of his big title fight wins.

Many fighters have broken noses and finished out a fight competitively. I would guess that is the most common big injury.

Most fighters suffer some sort of inflammation or tweak in training going into their matches.

 

A fair comparison would be other 1 vs. 1 matches. Like tennis. Injuries cause match cancellations before and during the event all the time.