Boxing

[marcus50bucks]

Lomachenko is a very special talent. So quick and so elusive. Poetry in motion.

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[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTm4kWddBPQ"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTm4kWddBPQ[/ame]

[RichC]

Totally nuts from Blackwell and those involved in him sparring with should lose their licenses.

Nick Blackwell: Retired boxer has surgery after sparring

Former boxer Nick Blackwell is in a stable condition in hospital after needing surgery to reduce swelling on his brain following a sparring session.

The 26-year-old retired from boxing earlier this year after he had to be put into an induced coma following a defeat by Chris Eubank Jr.

Blackwell does not have a licence to fight because of his previous injury.

"I couldn't believe Nick would be so stupid as to put his health at risk," said his ex-trainer Gary Lockett.

"I can't believe the boxer he sparred with and coach or coaches involved would ever allow Nick to spar when he's had a brain injury.

"In due course, I hope they are dealt with by the British Boxing Board of Control in the correct manner.

"When I got the phone call from Dan [Blackwell, Nick's brother and a former boxer] to say what had happened, I was shocked. I couldn't believe it.

"At this time, all our thoughts are with Nick and his family."

Lockett encouraged Blackwell to get his trainers' licence and he had been due to be in Liam Williams' corner for his fight in Cardiff on Saturday but was taken ill after sparring on Tuesday, 22 November.

"We thought that was all going very well [with Nick getting his trainers' licence] and while we knew Nick missed boxing, we obviously didn't realise the extent to which he missed it," Lockett told BBC Wales Sport.

"I am deeply saddened by what has happened. Nick is not just an ex-boxer of mine, but also someone I consider to be a friend

British Boxing Board of Control secretary Robert Smith says an investigation will begin on Monday.

"What we understand is that Nick Blackwell sparred, he was taken ill and taken to hospital where he is in a stable condition," he told the Telegraph.

"He no longer has a boxer's licence, but he does have a trainer's licence, which is a completely different thing. He should not have been boxing

"I'm sickened by it. It's a very tough sport and the doctors here did a wonderful job to save his life.

"He made remarkable recovery and for somebody to go and do what he's done, for what I thought was a very sensible young man, is just beyond belief."

The Daily Mail reported Smith as saying: "We need to find out how this was allowed to happen. I really can't believe Nick has got in the ring again after what had happened, I honestly can't. I don't know what he was doing - it makes no sense."

Eubank Jr, tweeted: "Nick Blackwell is back in hospital, after he tried to start sparring again. He's a tough, tough kid, I know he'll get himself through it again.

"I honestly hope everything is ok and the procedure he's had is not a serious one."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/38124538

[labourRed]

Just read that myself. I feel bad for the kid being robbed of doing something he loves but to do this was silly. Thankfully it looks like it can be taken as a final warning.

[Bender]

DAVID HAYE v TONY BELLEW PRESS CONFERENCE:
[ame]https://twitter.com/IFLTV/status/803934712548954112[/ame]

[Shaggy]

Probably staged but funny still. Bellew is such a monumental cunt.

[ame]https://twitter.com/michealmckenna1/status/803936158958895104[/ame]

[Vermilion]

Haye giving to Eddie 'U-tube' Hearne.

[Shaggy]

[ame]https://twitter.com/Oddschanger/status/803942317874941956[/ame]

[Vermilion]

That's what you get for being 1st for live tv.

[red g]

Haye giving to Eddie 'U-tube' Hearne.

Haye is right about Hearn. 3 gob ****es up there who love themselves way too much.

[Bender]

[ame]https://twitter.com/jasonhawkins87/status/803944166405312512[/ame]

[Shaggy]

Tbf it was quick, Haye still has fast hands.

[Vermilion]

Haye is right about Hearn. 3 gob ****es up there who love themselves way too much.

Absolutely.

[Bender]

Tbf it was quick, Haye still has fast hands.

Bellend i mean Bellew agrees

[spud_gun]

'cause they really, really don't like each other. Quick Eddie here's my 17.95