Oscar Diaz Undergoes Brain Surgery After Collapsing In The Ring

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  1. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3492875

    Welterweight Oscar Diaz, who collapsed in his corner after the 10th round of a TKO loss to Delvin Rodriguez on Wednesday night and was rushed to University Medical Center in San Antonio in critical condition, was being taken into surgery to relieve swelling on his brain early Thursday.
    "He's got swelling and bleeding on the brain, he's unconscious and on a ventilator," Ron Katz of Rodriguez promoter Star Boxing told ESPN.com.
    Katz said Donna Duva Brooks of Hall of Fame Promotions, Diaz's promoter, was at the hospital with Diaz. Katz said she told him that Diaz was being taken into surgery.
    "It's not good. Obviously, he's in all of our prayers," Katz said.
    Fighting in front of his hometown fans at San Antonio's Municipal Auditorium, Diaz appeared to be trailing badly in the fight. His right eye was swollen almost completely shut in the main event of the ESPN2-televised "Wednesday Night Fights."
    Just before the 11th round began, Diaz, who was standing in his corner receiving instructions from trainer Tommy Brooks, buckled and passed out. Medical personnel came to his side immediately and within a few minutes he was on a stretcher and being taken to a waiting ambulance.
    "When he left the ring, he was completely stationary and he didn't look good," said Star Boxing chief Joe DeGuardia. "They couldn't get him to respond. They cleared a path right away and took him to the hospital."
    It had been a grueling, physical fight between Diaz (26-3, 12 KOs), 25, and Rodriguez (23-2-1, 14 KOs), 28, of Danbury, Conn. That kind of fight was nothing new for Diaz, a brawler who has been in several hard fights, none more difficult than an 11th-round TKO loss to Golden Johnson on Nov. 10, 2006.
    Diaz took enormous punishment in the fight before it was stopped. He returned eight months later to face Juan Manuel Buendia, but the fight ended in a first-round no contest because of an accidental head butt.
    Diaz then won a unanimous eight-round decision against Roberto Valenzuela in May to set up the fight with Rodriguez for the vacant regional USBA 147-pound title.
     
  2. Zhaakal

    Zhaakal Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I love boxing but at the same time it can be very brutal. :-(
    I hope Oscar gets well.
     
  3. brown_bomber

    brown_bomber BROWN BOMBER Full Member

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    damn hope he gets better would be another black day for boxing if something bad happens
     
  4. tliang1000

    tliang1000 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  5. Minotauro

    Minotauro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hope he gets better
     
  6. tliang1000

    tliang1000 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I would quit. Brain sugery is no joke injury.
     
  7. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    Doesn't sound good. My prayers are with his family.
     
  8. Ricky369

    Ricky369 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You sound like you are not joking. So I am going to answer. YES! He will never fight again. But we have to concentrate on if he will ever breath on his own again. And talk and walk around.
     
  9. J.R.

    J.R. No Mames Guey Full Member

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    Oscar was already looking a bit shop worn even before the stoppage. He's starting to accumulate a lot of miles on him and with a brain injury as bad as this, you can be sure he'll be hanging them up for good.
     
  10. Bazooka

    Bazooka Pimp C Wants 2 Be Me Full Member

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    it didnt look good I dont know if you guys saw this live but damn i had to switch the chanel it looked that bad to me, I love this sport but I hate what happend last night, on both Networks FSN and on ESPN
     
  11. Jack Presscot

    Jack Presscot Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ditto. All of ESB prays for this good man and great warrior.
     
  12. sp6r=underrated

    sp6r=underrated Member Full Member

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    Like everyone else, I hope he gets better. Also as boxing fans we should always remember the courage it takes to do this professionally.
     
  13. ScouseLad

    ScouseLad Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Gutted, hope the lad is ok.
     
  14. LeadLeftHook

    LeadLeftHook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This is very sad, Diaz is a warrior I hope he recovers.

    I wonder if smaller gloves would be better as it would prevent sustained beating that you get.

    Anyways, these MMA fans think MMA is the most brutal and toughest sport, it just looks brutal but in comparison to boxing its safe.
     
  15. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1. I somehow get the impression that this fight might have ended the same way regardless of the glove size. Rodriguez didn't hit hard enough to really affect Diaz visably with his punches (aside from causing a lot of facial damge), and Diaz had aleady established that he could hurt Rodriguez if he landed a big shot.

    Given that, and the fact that Diaz was still trying, and still defending himself even in the last three rounds, there wasn't an obvious point where you could say..."OK, this fight has to be stopped"....even if one of its participants was taking what turned out to be a long, slow, and potentially fatal beating.

    2. Agreed about boxing being infinately more brutal than MMA.

    3. Most important....My thoughts go out to Oscar and to his family, and I hope to God that he's somehow able to recover from this without too many ill effects.