[yt]Qh13vaZHpnk[/yt] http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/352783-magomed-abdusalamov-could-leave-hospital-for-home-care Brain-damaged Russian heavyweight boxer Magomed Abdusalamov could soon be released from the Helen Hayes Hospital’s rehabilitation facility in West Haverstraw, N.Y., in favor of home care, the fighter’s attorney, Paul Edelstein informed RingTV.com on Monday. “He is scheduled to hopefully get out of Helen Hayes this month and either into a home care system or an outpatient clinic,” said Edelstein. “We’re not really sure which one it’s going to be but he is hopefully getting out of Helen Hayes this month. We’re hoping to get him into a home environment whereby therapists can come to his home and treat him and he can make visits to doctors.” Edelstein is representing the family of Abdusalamov, which filed a lawsuit in March against multiple parties – including New York State Athletic Commission doctors and New York’s Madison Square Garden – alleging recklessness, gross negligence and medical malpractice. “The idea is to train his wife to care for him and home because he still can’t feed himself, dress himself or clean himself, walk or talk,” said Edelstein. “So you bring in the therapists for occupational and speech therapy, to some degree, like in the video where you see him hitting the balloon…Those are the kinds of repetitive things that he needs to do and a lot of that can be accomplished in a home environment. Abdusalamov, 33, suffered brain trauma during a brutal beating by Mike Perez in a 10-round fight in November at Madison Square Garden. Abdusalamov was placed in a medically-induced coma by doctors at New York’s St. Luke’s Hospital until early December. Abdusalamov, who suffered a broken jaw and hand during the bout, complained to his corner about feeling pain in those areas throughout much of the contest. He also complained to commission doctors that he was experiencing pain in his head immediately after the fight On Monday, promoter Main Events announced that WBO light heavyweight titleholder Sergey Kovalev is auctioning fight-worn autographed memorabilia from his last fight, a second-round stoppage of Blake Caparello on August 2. “I trained with Magomed,” said Kovalev. “He is my friend and a good man. This is a tragedy. I just want to help him and his family.”
Makes you wonder how fights like the Garcia Vs Salka bout ever get approved by athletic commissions. I hope incidents like this make the crooked mismatches that Al Haymon organises a thing of the past before someone else is seriously hurt
Very, very sad to watch this. Tragic indeed. I really thought about him for a long time. I was rooting for Perez big time and called the "upset," so naturally I was excited by watching the good HW scrap in which Perez was very sharp. I cheered during big punches. And then when I found this out (the next day I'm pretty sure), I was devastated. I had been rooting for the man to get punched in the face over and over and this was the result... Boxing, it's tough being a fan at times for a variety of reasons.
It's sad, but motivating at the same time. This is a man who should have, given the circumstances, been dead. He's got the will to keep improving, and I'm hoping to see him continue to make progress. It's heartbreaking what happened to him, but I'm not going to write it off like the book is closed on Mago. Honestly, I didn't think I'd see him recover this much. I hope it continues, and bless him and his family.
