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Is weight cutting the reason for this? Does anyone know how much Patrick Day cut to make weight? This has been a dark year for boxing in this regard.
RIP.
Is weight cutting the reason for this? Does anyone know how much Patrick Day cut to make weight? This has been a dark year for boxing in this regard.
RIP.
or better steroids? fighters stronger than ever? idk, just thinking of different theoriesIs weight cutting the reason for this? Does anyone know how much Patrick Day cut to make weight? This has been a dark year for boxing in this regard.
RIP.
i say regulate longer breaks. athletic commissions have to step up. no matter if it affects lower level boxers in a way that they need to get a part time job.It was expected that it could lead to that. Seizures in the ambulance is a last minute sign. Sad day.
The problem in general is that a concussed brain needs a lot of time to heal. Everyone having had post concussive syndrome can attest to that. As a pro athlete you simply dont have the time to wait that long and that does not only count in fighting sports. People only think of that but concussions happen everywhere with high levels of head acceleration.
Motor sports, American Football, football, training regime for most soldiers in high level infantry units, handball (get hit with a handball its like a very very hard punch)...etc.
So dont start going around what sports to ban, doesnt make any sense. Death is sadly part of life and can happen.
We could regulate longer breaks from fighting after a tough fight but like I said that also screws with a boxers income.
Wish his family the best.
Yeah but guys fight under one athletic commission while being suspended by anotheri say regulate longer breaks. athletic commissions have to step up. no matter if it affects lower level boxers in a way that they need to get a part time job.
if it continues like this, it won't just affect the boxers themselves but also the popularity of the sport
not to mention, the standing 8 count. allows for a boxer to get concussive blows 3 times in a fight
Has cutting been confirmed as a link to such events occurring?
As TheLastSpartan said, getting battered four months earlier would be more of a link.