Prichard colon brain bleeding, in emergency surgery

Good luck to him and his family.

 

Prayers for Prichard Thank God the referee called a DQ when he did as Colon's corner were going to send him out again. That would have been devastating. Shame the book will show this as a DQ loss for Colon though surely it could be called a no contest

 

Colon's corner only took off his gloves to avoid a tko or ko. They knew exactly what round it was.

 

Maybe so BUT they were STILL going to send him out there again. Colon didn't know where he was or what day it was. If the ref hadn't DQ'd them there could easily have been a tragic death in the ring. Hopefully it was a blessing in disguise & Colon makes a complete recovery.

 

I hope Colon makes a full recovery. The reports don't seem as dire as some in the past. His body seems to be showing signs of response.

But I just wanted to comment on your statement that it "could" be a called a no contest. Absolutely not.

Colon was repeatedly stunned and staggered with overhand rights to the left side of his head. When he was hit behind the head, he spent nearly the entire time out in the corner holding back/right side of his head ... which isn't the side that was injured and operated on. Then, after the long time out, he fought just fine and seemed to win the rest of the round and the round after that. Until he was hurt again and dropped by left hooks to the right side of his head.

Also, when the point was deducted, people here and on the telecast complained that no points should be deducted because his opponent hadn't been doing that and hadn't been warned.

Finally, there is no way to determine the punch behind the head caused the brain bleed (on the contrary, they operated on the left side of his head) and his opponent did nothing during the fight to warrant the fight being called a "no-contest."

I thought the fight was stopped by the referee when Colon rose from the second knockdown in the ninth before the bell sounded ending that round. I believe Colon's corner thought that, too. And that's why Colon's corner started taking his gloves off. I don't think they thought it was the end of the tenth, it appeared they removed them because they thought the fight was over (and ruled a TKO loss). And when they saw the fight hadn't been stopped, they tried to put his gloves back on.

It wasn't like one guy removed them and everyone else was telling him no. There was a whole crowd of people in the corner who acted like the fight had been stopped. And then they tried to recover and cover their butts when the warning bell sounded and the fight was about to continue.

Bottom line, Colon's opponent deserved the win.

And we all hope Colon makes a full recovery.

I also hope they took a look at any training he did before the bout. Because the fight itself wasn't the type of match you usually see this type of injury take place. I wouldn't be surprised if Colon came into the fight with an existing injury. The state commission there seemed ridiculously bad ... down to the point where they let Peterson enter the ring with a beard the members of ZZ Top would be jealous of.

 

I didn't see this fight live. I watched it the morning after on youtube. It's no longer on youtube.

What I saw, watching this fight knowing what happened later, but not knowing exactly what happened during the fight, was Colon getting hit in the back of the head from round 1 and immediately complaining about it. It was not a one time event. It looked to me the rabbit punching was bothering him very much.. like he was being hit very hard. It did not look like much was done about it. There were no major warnings or point deductions (until later). When colon later low blowed him, and lost 2 points for it, it looked to me to be a very deliberate punch maybe at least partly done out of frustration of being fouled and nothing coming of it. That's the way it looked to me anyway.

After the low blow, Williams made a cut throat gesture towards colon several times. Seemed pretty menacing and suggestive. Finally, there is the blow that has colon holding his head for 5 minutes. To me it didn't look like he was stalling which I got the feeling people thought. To me he looked disoriented and worried like he felt something was really wrong with his head. It looked like he was being rushed to continue. Apparently he was complaining of dizziness. One point was taken from Williams. The commentators thought it unfair since there was no prior warning. I thought that he should have been sternly warned much earlier. Colon did recover after this and was fighting better with a little sense of urgency/adrenaline. He had a bad 9th round (which I believe included another back of head shot) and then the 10th round disqualification. I read that later after the fight in the dressing room he felt dizzy and began vomiting and was then rushed to the hospital and was diagnosed with a subdural hematoma.

The fouling and ending of the fight aside, Williams seemed very strong, relentless and aggressive. Very tough fighter. Prichard was fast and tagging him but he was getting hit.

Anyway, Prichard is still in a coma and every day he stays there is generally not good for long term prognosis. From what I have seen his family is posting medical updates on him on his

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and is asking people to get update info about him there because there has been misinformation posted elsewhere.

Meanwhile the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation has launched an official investigation into the fight:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...2acf88-7817-11e5-b9c1-f03c48c96ac2_story.html

 

Good to hear it is being investigated! :deal

I guarantee it won't be the last time a Haymon event gets investigated.

 

I checked out the fight after it was uploaded, but it was just disheartening to watch the inevitable unfold and it was an ugly fight to boot. :verysad

 

Both fighters were dirty, you can't blame Williams for anything, but of course the racists on these boards will attack him, and act like Prichard was a saint and only low blowed out of retaliation.

Anyways hope Prichard recovers, if anyone has any updates they should post it.

 

Shocking stuff. Boxing hasn't been kind to some lately.

 

You can blame Williams for plenty, and blame Colon for his share as well. Just an ugly fight, and it was both of their faults.

 

Yeah I guess, but they were both dirty, but you know the racists on this board will make Williams out to be the villain, if the roles were switched and Prichard was black and Williams had white skin, they wouldnt care and that's the truth.

 

see below

 

Video from Facebook showing the many back of the head shots from the Prichard Colon vs Terrel Williams fight:

https://www.facebook.com/133395676994223/videos/vb.133395676994223/189719534695170/?type=2&theater

 

Absolutely jaw dropping that you would try to make the case that a man fighting for his life was faking the injury inside the ring. Just FYI for you, major injuries that occur to one side of an area are commonly complained by the victim as being on the other side. This occurs when pressure so great numbs the actual injured area and they end up feeling it on the other side where they can still feel. But I'm sure you knew that already doctor logic.