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By Matthias Predonzan: FIRST ANTECEDENT: on March 26th 2016, after 12 rounds of emotionally intense and physically harsh fighting, Nick Backwell lost his British middle-weight title to Chris Eubank Jr. The fight was intense but not very competitive, because Nick Blackwell was overwhelmed by his contender’s superior boxing skill.
Unfortunately Nick collapsed just after the final bell and was rushed into the hospital where a bleed in the skull was diagnosed.
By Adam Godfrey: An August 2013 article produced by The New Scientist entitled ‘Ban boxing-it’s demeaning and dangerous’ claims that ‘a sport whose sole aim is to cause brain damage to another person is not a “noble art”. It has no place in a civilized society’. These two sentences beautifully sum up the misunderstanding that those who do not religiously follow boxing have when it comes to our fine sport.
The fallacy that boxing is, at its core, about damaging an opponent to the greatest extent possible could not have been expressed any more perfectly. Claiming that the sole aim of the art is to cause somebody brain damage is unequivocal nonsense. I know of not one boxing fan that revels in seeing a boxer seriously hurt. We enjoy a clean, heavy knockout because of the skill it involves or the drama it creates, and are, to a man, relieved when those on the receiving end of such blows recover.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former British middleweight champion Nick Blackwell is in a medically induced coma in a UK hospital after taking a beating against the highly ranked #2 WBA Chris Eubank Jr. last Saturday night in their fight in the UK. The referee halted the fight in the 10th round at the advice of the ringside doctor due to swelling in Blackwell’s left eye.
Blackwell then collapsed later on and was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for a reported brain bleed. Eubank Jr. says his father Chris Eubank Sr. had told him to stop targeting Blackwell’s head during the second half of the fight, as Blackwell was getting beaten up and the referee wasn’t stepping to stop the fight.
Eubank Jr. says he eased off on Blackwell later in the fight and stopped going after him with head shots.
By Gerardo Granados: Through the years many measures have been implemented to improve the safety of prizefighting. Back in the late 1800´s we can find the purest and most brutal practice of boxing. In the early 1980´s reduction from the 15 round title bouts to 12 rounds must have benefited boxers, but it left many of us fight fans, feeling nostalgic of those epic 15 round battles.
Although I respect and admire all men and women who became prize fighters, I demand from all of them what I saw as a kid. I grew up watching boxing since I can remember. The type of fights that I saw as a kid seems to be on the verge of extinction, but maybe that shouldn’t anger me and instead I should feel satisfied because now boxers are exposed to fewer risks. It is OK for us boxing fans to see MMA fighters to tap out, but we won’t forgive a boxer who in our eyes still is able to continue to fight but instead chooses to quit.
After have reviewed the Prichard Colon vs Terrell Williams bout, that took place last October 2015, I can only conclude that professional boxing is as dangerous as it has ever been. There were low blows and rabbit punches connected and even that not all of those punches seem to be intentional; a disqualification could have been ruled.
By Scott Gilfoid: Last Saturday night, British middleweight Nick Blackwell (19-4-1, 8 KOs) took a terrible beating in his 10th round stoppage loss to #2 WBA contender Chris Eubank Jr. (22-1, 17 KOs) at the Wembley Arena in London, UK. Blackwell, 25, wound up collapsing after the fight and needing to be rushed to the hospital for a brain bleed. Blackwell is reportedly been put in a medically induced coma to treat his brain bleed.
By Jeff Aranow: Following his 10th round stoppage loss to #2 WBA Chris Eubank Jr. (22-1, 17 KOs) last Saturday night, former British middleweight champion Nick Blackwell (19-4-1, 8 KOs) has been put into an induced coma in a hospital in London, England, according to Fight News. The 25-year-old Blackwell is said to have a brain bleed from the Eubank Jr. fight.
Moments after the fight, Blackwell collapsed. He had looked fine after the fight had ended, but he then went down and had to be taken out of the ring on a stretcher. Blackwell was given oxygen while being taken away. Blackwell was stopped in the 10th round due to swelling over his left eye. His left eye appeared to be completely closed. Referee Victor Loughlin halted the fight at 2:21 of the 10th.
By Paul Lam: In the lead-up to his British middleweight title fight with Nick Blackwell, Chris Eubank Jr had shown scant regard for the abilities of the defending champion, predicting an easy night’s work and promising that he would stop the Trowbridge fighter inside the distance. He was proven right on both counts. In the tenth round, damage to Blackwell’s left eye came to the attention of referee Victor Loughlin who, after consulting with the ringside doctor, brought a halt to proceedings. However, the real damage had already been dealt over ten violent and one-sided rounds that became increasingly hard to watch as the fight progressed.
The Eubank Jr weapon of choice was a vicious guard-splitting uppercut that is quickly becoming his trademark, and he simply couldn’t miss with it. He landed it time and time again, busting up Blackwell’s face, breaking his nose and repeatedly rocking his head back.
By Scott Gilfoid: #2 WBA middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr. (22-0, 17 KOs) stopped British middleweight champion Nick Blackwell (19-4-1, 8 KOs) in the 10th round on Saturday night to capture the British title at the Wembley Arena in London, UK. The fight was halted during the 10th round by ringside doctor due to swelling of Blackwell’s left eye. Blackwell later had to be taken out of the ring on a stretcher. I hope Blackwell is going to be okay because he took a terrible beating tonight, and he looked in bad shape when he was being taken out of the ring.
Blackwell was bleeding from his nose from the third round. That was a product of him just covering up like a sparring partner and letting Eubank Jr. open up with flurries. Blackwell was with constant uppercuts that he seemed to have no defense for. He wasn’t moving his head, and he was up against the ropes covering up during long stretches in each round. The uppercuts that Eubank Jr. was able to land in the fight really did damage to Blackwell. But I think more than anything, it was the sheer accumulation of head shots that Blackwell took in the fight.