Nick Blackwell update

This to me shows the damage getting hit in the head causes

No wonder boxers are so thick

Back to Nick. Yes got his fitness back and thought it would be okay. Silly mistake with big consequences

 

It's hard giving up something that you feel defines you as a person. Blackwell feels that way about boxing. He made a misjudgement like we all do at times. He's paying massively for that.

The other people involved should (and have) take responsibility. It was reckless from all concerned.

 

I'm not knocking him, I probably would have done the same thing he did. But I feel the other parties are not to blame. He's a seasoned pro fighter , the senior man in this situation, who knew what he was doing and must have known the risks involved. Yet he still decided to go through with it.

 

Utter stupidity, he should be made to return all the money that was raised for him AND forced to pay his medical bills.

 

No,

A mistake is an action done through nescience, i.e through not understanding or being aware of the consequences of undertaking a particular action.

What Blackwell did was done through wilful ignorance. He was fully aware of the consequences yet chose to ignore them, believing that he knew better, believing that he was above the natural law of consequences. Nature law does not respect your reputation, how young or noble you are, its mechanisms are impartial. If you were to try to believe you are above the laws of gravity and choose to jump off a building, nothing is going to save you from experiencing the consequences of breaking your limbs and most likely dying.

It's a harsh lesson to learn however so it be done. It's no different to someone being offered heroin, and they have been told it's addictive, they were informed it will destroy their body, yet they believe that they are special, that they are the exception and the rules don't apply to them, so still willingly they go ahead in taking such a substance.

Would you give that individual your sympathy and say it was a mistake?

 

Two comas in quick succession and repeated heavy blows to the head over X amount of time. I am surprised his injuries were not more severe. Look at Michael Schumacher, that guy will never be the same again by contrast ..

 

Listen to Margaret Thatcher lol

 

Hopefully Nick comes to recover fully.

Nick obviously now made a mistake to spar, the other sparring boxer & trainer are only partly negligent imo. No one can force nick to spar, he is a grown man and he chose to do so. We in boxing and sports communties all hope he can recover fully.

 

Be quite fool . .

 

Moron. Got given a second chance at life after being in a coma and almost killed. Then gets straight back in the ring after brain surgery.

 

Have you just realised getting hit in the head hard causes damage?

 

Unfortunately, Nick won't be quite the same again. Hopefully, he'll eventually learn how to move fluidly and talk coherently again, but the likelihood after a coma of pretty much a month, is that he'll require some kind of support worker to take the pressure off his family a bit.

I hope I'm totally wrong, but he'll have damaged his frontal lobes.

He's made a massive error of judgement and he'll pay for that by probably losing the opportunity to train others. So I think it's pretty poor form to say he's totally at fault, that he should give all the money back etc etc. Have some compassion. We all mess up.

 

Yes I would. Nothing is black and white. It's all situational

A heroin addict wasn't born to be that way. A catalogue of environmental actions lead someone down that path. Whether there dad killed themselves or were sexually abused as a kid, whatever it doesn't matter. Addicts can't cope with life. What an ignorant opinion to think these addcitd made a choice knowing the consequences so they might deserve what comes to them.

Of course it's a mistake an unfortunate one of life and he's going to have to deal with it

 

Agree with you totally, however to be pedantic (seem to be getting like this the older I get so apologies) for a moment, heroin addiction (like all others) is unfortunately hereditary as well as environmental.

 

Unfortunately you are severely mistaken.

Not every junkie is a result of neglect, abuse or environmental circumstances. There are many who have been blessed with great upbringings and magical childhoods only to later fall victim to addiction for one reason or another. Whether it's through experimentation, peer pressure or simply because they believe it's the thing to do.

So don't give me that rubbish that we should feel sorry for every single addict and that they're all victims. Some choose to be victims wallowing in their own hell.

Like I have said, there can be no sympathy for the one who willingly undertakes an action that they have been forewarned regarding the dangers.

Another example would be the person who gets in the car drunk, and then goes and kills a person. An individual of your ilk would offer your sympathy to the perpetrator rather than the victim themselves and simply right it off as some silly mistake. When everyone knows the risks if you drive your vehicle inebriated.

But somehow no one in this day and age should take responsibilities for themselves according to your philosophy