Another blow to boxing. . .

[Azim da Dream]

Looks like Andrew Golota is at it again.
http://espn.go.com/boxing/news/2000/1020/829185.html


Azim da Dream

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[Francis3]

I dont even want to talk about the fight. I quit , I cant take it anymore.

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[Pole]

It's not a good time to be a Pole.

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stop posting my damn signature

[Behad]

Originally posted by Pole:
It's not a good time to be a Pole.



I take it Pole lost a few dollars on this fight?



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[DREAMer]

Woo Hoo... Mike was the composed fighter and the one with a level head in this one!

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[Rocketman95]

I think because Golota's Polish?

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[DREAMer]

Rocketman95,

You win the prize.

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[Rockets R' Us]

All I got to say for Iron Mike is...Who's next?

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Francis out top, 9 seconds on the clock, he gives a no look pass to Cuttino Mobley, 4 seconds left, Mobley passes to an open Langhi in the corner with 1 second left! Langhi at the buzzer.......YES!!! How Sweet It Is!!

[rock]

I'm glad I didn't buy pay per view for that fight.

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[Rocketman95]

Doesn't look like he was that stupid after all.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/boxing/news/2000/10/22/golota_injuries/

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[TheFreak]

I don't think Golota should have to forfeit any of his purse. The guy took his licks. He could've stayed down when he was knocked out, and nobody would've said anything. In the interview, he said he was dizzy (at least I think that's what he said). So was he scared or what? He had already taken some good shots. For the life of me I don't see how Tyson kept missing the guy. He was leaving himself wide open the whole time, and Tyson just couldn't seem to get many shots in. Maybe he was just surprised how easy it was, I don't know.

Anyway, DO NOT take Golota's money away...if you do, I better be getting some of mine back for the PPV. Somehow I don't see that happening.

I guess Tyson/Lewis may be inevitable. I still don't think Tyson's earned it, but boxing needs it I suppose, and it's all about the money in this 'sport'. If Lewis isn't intimidated, I see him having a fairly easy time.

[Rocket River]

A PAY PER VIEW I would buy
is one where Gulotta Vs The people who paid for the PAY PER VIEW

Trust me. . they won't quit.

Rocket River

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[DREAMer]

From Yahoo sports, (http://sports.yahoo.com/m/box/news/ap/20001023/ap-golotahurt.html)

"Dr. Wesley Yapor, a neurosurgeon treating Golota, described the fighter's injuries Sunday on a conference call with Mrs. Golota.

He said the 32-year-old Golota sustained a herniated disk between the fourth and fifth cervical vertebrae, and that he had been fitted with a cervical collar.

`If the symptoms persist, he might need surgery,'' Yapor said.

After an MRI, it was thought that there was a little bleeding in the brain, but that doesn't appear to the case, according to Yapor.

``It's not uncommon for people who sustain serious head injuries to have a cervical injury,'' said Yapor, explaining that all head injuries are considered serious.

Numbness in Golota's left arm led to an MRI that disclosed the herniated disk. An EEG was normal.

Asked if Golota could fight again, Yapor said, ``That's a difficult question to answer. My goal is to get him to where he would have no restrictions.''

``There's no question he sustained a concussion from head blows,'' Yapor said.

Golota was knocked down by a right to the head late in the first round. He also complained of several head butts by Tyson, one of which apparently opened a cut over his left eye.

``If he had sustained another serious blow to the head, he could have become paralyzed,'' Yapor said. ``There's no way I would have allowed him to enter the ring for the second round.'' "

I'm guessing Tyson hurt him more than most thought....

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[oeilpere]

`There's no question he sustained a concussion from head blows,' Yapor
said.

Yeah know, it never surprises me just how gullible they think some sportsfans are. Here is a physician, a neurosurgeon yet, who states the ubiquitous as if there is any choice. He makes it sound as if there ever was a question that two fighters facing one another with intend to win, would be heading towards anything other than to knock the hell out of one another's brains.

The idea in amateur boxing is to score points by placement of blows. In theory, a knockdown amounts to the same "points awarded" as any other well-placed strike.

In professional boxing, the goal is to make the other guy suffer enough brain concussions that his brain shutsdown while he is in the ring and he becomes unconscious.

Everytime he has been hit to the head. Everytime he goes down. Everytime a fighter is knocked out. He has suffered a consussive brain blow. There are certainly degrees of concussion. There also are other factors such as incidents of successive concussions, recovery periods and inherent pathologies that may limit the ability of the body (brain) to recover.

But make no mistake. Every boxer suffers some degree of concussion, even at a minimal level of direct head blows.