Magomed Abdusalamov

Unfortunately this is true.

 

I'll go one decimal point further. 0%.


I don' think people understand the extent of the rehab this man will need. He has to rebuild his basic motor skills. His situation was very, very dire.

 

Here is to Magomed :cheers

Hope for the best.

 

Attn , keyboard warriors, never insult a man who steps in the ring to entertain others, and then call them cowards. Are you contributin to this guys hospital fees, have a ****ing think about that one, before you reply, cretins.

 

Someone should tell this to Max Kellerman. During the fight he was repeatedly castigating Wladimir Klitschko for being boring and safety first. At the end of the day the top guys get paid because they consistently win, not because they can take a beating.

 

Yeah. This is different from PTP Williams, about whom some are still holding out hope for a return. His situation is bad enough with his spine being damaged. There is that outside chance he can regain enough function in his legs to walk or (extremely slim, but present chance) even box.

Brain injuries are even more grave. If by some miracle Williams is able to restore his bipedal mobility and rehab himself into the ring, a commission might entertain the idea of sanctioning him provided he could pass at the bare minimum the usual battery of fitness tests given to boxers applying for pro licenses (if not quite a bit more).

There is simply no way Abdusalamov will ever be seen in the ring again. If he is, people need to be fired and put on trial.

 

Agreed. Below is part of article by Michael Woods. For anyone who thinks there is even a chance............


“No Left Bone Flap” reads a sign above Magomed Abdusalamov, who used to be a sturdy-looking man, with exemplary posture and a collection of muscles that suggested he put them to use frequently and successfully. He's lying in a bed at Roosevelt Hospital, in Manhattan, in the space reserved for patients who have suffered neurological damage.

There is a considerable indentation in Mago’s skull on that left side, which his younger brother Abdusalam avoids as he presses his left hand to his older brother’s brow, to check for fever.

It is 46 days since Mago, a Russian born and bred heavyweight boxer, stepped into the ring at the Madison Square Garden Theater in Manhattan against Cuban Mike Perez and left a changed man.

Today, Mago, 32 years old, lies in a bed at Roosevelt, which has a trauma center, the one Mago was rushed to when he began to vomit. It was not that long after losing a 10-round unanimous decision to Perez.

Mago very nearly lost his life. There is hope he will continue to show improvement. So I didn't feel the level of sadness and despair that I had anticipated when I stepped into his room on the neuro unit Wednesday night. I was ushered in by the 28-year-old Abdusalam, who speaks just a bit of English.

I spent a few hours in that room, pondering Mago’s future, and the future of boxing, and left with mixed emotions. Mostly I felt the devotion and purity of love that Mago’s brother showed in that hospital room. It overrode any sorrow or hopelessness that crept into my head.

An old man shared the room with Mago, and there were some cards and flowers next to his bed. Next to Mago’s bed is a helmet hanging on a pole, which also holds the liquid nourishment feeding him intravenously. That helmet will be put to use when he is transferred to a rehab facility in New Jersey perhaps as early as Thursday, where he'll be getting treatment in hopes that he will regain the ability to walk and talk.

No. He'll never fight again.

Mago’s eyes open, intermittently. His chest rises and falls. There is a tube running from his neck to a machine to his right. He is breathing on his own, though, no longer attached to a ventilator. The ventilator was necessary after he arrived at the hospital postfight with a blood clot and subdural hematoma in his brain.

He has lost weight and muscle mass since he showed that warrior physique and resolve, when he was still looking to land that one game-changer left hand in the waning seconds of his fight with Perez. His pupils are fixed on the ceiling, and he swallows.

Once every 20 or so minutes, the little brother -- there are seven Abdusalamov children, two men and five women -- walks to Mago’s side. With his left hand, he touches the damaged man’s forehead, monitoring his body temperature. During the course of my visit, the brother proves himself to be invested heavily in the care of Mago. Abdusalam, who has boxed but told me he will never again lace on the gloves, doesn’t speak while he takes a tissue smeared with anti-bacterial liquid and wipes Mago’s face. He does so tenderly, the same way he wipes Mago’s lips with another tissue smeared with moisturizing lotion.

“Mago,” he sometimes says to his big bro, testing his response. Mago doesn’t respond, not vocally anyway, though that’s not to say he isn’t aware of things going on in the room. Little brother tells me Mago follows motion with his right pupil, and I am pleased to note I saw Mago follow motion with his left pupil late in my visit, when Abdusalam moved his palm from left to right, in front of Mago’s face, testing the response.

"How are you doing?" I ask the brother early in my visit.




They're talking about the guy even being able to move his eyes. Hopefully he'll make a full recovery, but he will never box again.

 

Jesus, you have to feel absolutely awful for Mago and his family.

 

with hockey and football eliminating hitting from their sports, it is a matter of time until boxing requires headgear, or is done away with. things like ruslan, duk koo kim, the brain damage of ali, and on and on. the medical profession already condones making boxing illegal. it is only a matter of time....

 

As much as I love this sport if tomorrow it was banned and outlawed I would completely understand.

It breaks my heart to see this ****....Mago and his family are suffering through this difficult time I don't have the words to express how sorry i am for them. All I can do is pray for this healing and recovering and his family get through this difficult time.


Ever since the Lavender Johnson fight, this stuff really really effects me hard. I am gonna go hug my kids now, I hope all of you have a good holiday, hug and love your loved ones, and tell them how much you love them, tomorrow is never guaranteed for any of us.

 

Class

 

I hope he recovers enough to be trainer, so he can make a living for his family through something he knows like boxing, best of wishes to this warrior!:good

 

Pretty sure it's banned in Norway due to the high risk boxers are in.

 

:good Well said!

 

Bob Dylan thinks boxing should be banned:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IssR_J0QWr4