Medical reason why you shouldn't fight with a closed eye?

Are you being serious?

 

so i come on here today to read this ****

 

kl

 

Of course you can't see the punches coming from one side so hooks to the bad side are going to quickly worsen the Injury

As for long term injury are you naive or just want confirmation as the list of boxers who have suffered orbital damage in a fight is lengthy,can you imagine the pain that lebedev will be in for weeks.in the outside world an injury is protected from any further worsening but in a boxing ring the said injury is quite legally targeted

As lebedevs injury was caused in the first round he took heavy punishment on the area for 11 rounds
I wouldn't be surprised if he suffered long term injuries which will mean him failing any medical tests to continue boxing or if allowed to continue could be a shadow of himself

So the question is could his eye have suffered irreparable damage last night then probably
And the reality is that would never of happened in a British ring

And I'm not faint hearted or scared of battle,the gladiator style war is one of the reasons boxing appeals to me

 

You ask for evidence and then deny the one real reason why fighting with one eye is dangerous....."I don't buy the line that "they can't see the punches coming"." This comment basically makes you clueless

 

I think it stands to reason that if your eye's are closed, you wont be able to see punches coming.

 

A person has 2 eyes and 2 ears. The biological reason for this is to enable a person, or animal to accurately judge both distance and direction. If you only have the use of one ear, you will still hear a sound but be unable to judge, with any degree of accuracy, from which direction the sound is coming.
The same is true of eyes. A person can certainly see with one eye but there are several handicaps.
Firstly if the right eye is closed a person has very restricted view to their left. In short, a person's nose blocks their view and you have absolutely no left hand side peripheral vision therefore you cannot see a right cross aimed at the left hand side of your face.
With only one eye operational it is impossible to judge distance as binocular vision is needed to judge the distance between an object and a persons body. The risk becomes even greater when an object, such as a fast moving fist, is coming towards you
The dangers are enormous and cannot be overstated.
Under no circumstances should a boxer with the use of only one eye be allowed to continue to fight unless, in the opinion of the ref. their opponent has ceased to be of any danger and the injured boxer is well in control, but even then it is still a risk.

 

TS is a tosser who's never boxed.

 

Read my post above. It is not about damage to the eye alone, orbital damage can be caused by one punch long before an eye becomes closed. Continuing to fight with only one eye functioning can result in serious injury to more than just an eye.

 

On most occasions an injury from a cut/swelling stops a fight not due to the severity of the injury per se but due to the fact that a boxer is not in a position to continue as he must have clear vision in both eyes.
Yes Jones was taking more shots but that was down to his ability/decisions in the fight. The difference with Lebedev was that his vision had been seriously impaired by the injury to his eye. The rules state that the ref should stop the fight if the fighter's injury impairs the boxer's vision sufficiently that he cannot see punches and/or there is an increased risk in permanent injury if the fighter continues. The score at the time of the fight (although frustrating to fans/fighters) must, by the rules, have absolutely NO bearing on the Refs decision to stop the fight. This is also evidenced in other high profile fights such a the Taylor loss in th dying seconds of the last round. The health and safety of the boxer has to take priority over the win/result. That is the Refs primary decision.
In this instance it does seem quite amazing that the ref and the ringside doc didn't stop it earlier. In many instances it disappoints fighters and fans but the sport is geared to safety first for a reason.