Former Wbc Champion In Coma After Winning

hopefully he recovers...this serves a reminder to all the fruitcakes on here calling fighters bums...this is the hardest sport on earth and these guys put their lives on the line every time they fight, and thats why i love fighters. i sincerely hope everything is alright with him, much respect to a soldier in peril

 

Well said. Most sensible thing I've heard said on here in a while.

 

i hate it when this happens. i hope he gets well. this shows that the lighter divisions take more risk than the heavier boys ergo, they should be given equal attention and appreciation

 

i hope he recovers.

i think fighters cutting weight 1 day before a bout is partly to blame here.

getting punched for 36 total minutes plus extreme physical exertion plus a poorly hydrated body equals trouble.

 

that could be true. but i think it is because these small men are so tough that they refuse to quit even if they are getting a beating.

a few points,

first the fighters in the lighter weights are usually from poor countries and due to the number of contenders in thise divisions, a loss would deeply hurt a fighter, unlike in the heavier divisions where golota could have a championship match after sitting on his ass all day

2nd, most punches thrown in those weights are nopt enough to knock a fighter out. this is bad because they'd have to absord tremendous amount of punches. unlike heavies where a punch could end it all and then after a few minutes, they don't even feel anything

 

:good

 

The organizations that sanction these matches need to stop the BS on the scales. I don’t know the particulars here, but it is very dangerous for a lower weight fighter to shed 10+ pounds of water weight to make the weight, and then re-hydrate 48 hours later for the fight.

 

i disagree mjew. have you heard of many key rematches made in the lower weights? they do that rarely, why? because many contenders are lined up to face the champ and if a fighter loses, he whould start from scratch. it is much harder to some off a loss if you are a small guy. the quantity alone of the top class fighters at the lower weights would mean that it is harder to rebound from a loss.

look at the hw division, around 3 names in there are legitimately better than the rest but look at the 105 guys. any guy ranked in the top 20 can beat a champ in there

 

Damn, I hope this year in boxing won't culminate with this pretty depressing story..

 

I Hope he makes it out OK.

 

any updates?

 

i hope he makes it.

 

sad end to a great year of boxing

all boxers deserve respect

 

Sad story.
Hope he's OK.