When Mago first came to the US he was training in South Florida at the same gym as me. Despite being a giant of a man, and the hardest hitting fighter I ever saw in person, he was incredibly personable, jovial even, and a pleasure to be around. I didn't know him for a long period of time, but in the brief time I did know him I considered him a friend. For obvious reasons this tragedy hits home. Magomed was always kind to those around him, and incredibly appreciative and engaging with the boxing public. He is truly a good man, and I hope he can just have a normal life going forward.
Not sure if anyone has already posted this before, I've just come across this info: Moreover, Povetkin and his colleague Denis Lebedev recently made the headlines in Russia after they donated a significant amount of money to the family of boxer Magomed Abdusalamov, in a state of induced coma after a fight with Cuban Mike Perez, which took place on November 2 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Interviewer: Denis Lebedev and you helped Magomed Abdusalamov... Povetkin: He is a boxer, like we are. Each one of us could have suffered a similar injury. We wanted to help. It was the right thing to do. Interviewer: Are all boxers selfless? Povetkin: It depends on the person. Earlier, they would ask me: “Are you paid for your fights?” First of all, I box for my country, but the money is still important. Without money, it is impossible to train, eat and live properly. Therefore, saying that I just box for the fun of it is wrong. However, our country and people come first for me, as they do for Denis Lebedev and many other boxers. Source: rbth.co.uk
There are two Russian billionaires who are going to pay for Abdulalamov's medical expenses and will also help his family out..........I sure hope so..........
I don't know if I'd want to live if I was going to look like this for the rest of my life. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/68572000/jpg/_68572657_68572656.jpg The psychological blow of that injury would be just as bad.
There is detail article on b scene, he doesnt have big part of skull and pretty much they dont know how much he will recover, he is in really bad state.
As far as I can tell. I've seen someone in person looking like that before and obviously it left a lasting affect on me and well that's the first thing I thought after reading this from Mago's Dr. :-(
KEYBOARD WARRIORS! you gonna pay the mans medical bills now, if not never call another boxer a coward, who has the courage to step in the ring!
From what I have seen they usually remove a piece of the skull to relieve pressure and later will repair the area. Hopefully, this will be the case for Mago.
I hope they do repair it or it can look at least abit normal, he will have a bit of mental damage doesnt need physical aswell This is a terrible situations with hardly any positives just hope he can live a normal life and look after his kids
For one they had no money except a paultry sum donated via the WBC For 2, it has taken the Russian billionaire who promoted Wlads last fight to pay the bills otherwise he was ****ed and for three the Klits have put in their own contracts that they will nto cover medicals. and they are complrtley silent on the man that is ruined for life , which happened on their show.