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Post by 221dayton on Dec 25, 2013 18:06:18 GMT -5
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Post by Yogisd1 on Jan 1, 2014 4:27:16 GMT -5
The skiing accident Michael Schumacher was in has left him in a similar condition. I wish the both of them the best.
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Post by eastend on Jan 17, 2014 17:21:55 GMT -5
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Jan 18, 2014 1:41:32 GMT -5
wow if it is true that they told him he should hail a cab to go to hospital instead of using an ambulance. They should be in trouble.
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Post by 221dayton on Jan 18, 2014 8:45:38 GMT -5
Makes you wonder how many times they do that? Must cost them a fee to make an ambulance run and lots of boxers need medical attention after a fight. But this time it was an emergency and they missed it.
I didn't know about the delay waiting to be seen at the emergency room. That probably caused the most extra damage.
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Jan 18, 2014 11:59:00 GMT -5
Makes you wonder how many times they do that? Must cost them a fee to make an ambulance run and lots of boxers need medical attention after a fight. But this time it was an emergency and they missed it. I didn't know about the delay waiting to be seen at the emergency room. That probably caused the most extra damage. still wonder who is telling the truth. I originally heard that he didn't want to go to the hospital & even watched the next fight. Either way something the doc's on the scene missed.
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Post by Chuck on Jan 26, 2014 0:21:28 GMT -5
Donating to Magomed Abdusalamov Ring 10 Helping Retired Boxers Through The Toughest Fight of Their Lives ring10ny.com/
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Post by 221dayton on Feb 3, 2014 11:19:10 GMT -5
Magomed Abdusalamov ‘improving’ after skull surgery
Lem Satterfield ringtv.craveonline.com/news/ 1/31/2014
After having had a portion of his skull replaced at New York’s St. Luke’s Hospital last week, Magomed “Mago” Abdusalamov is expected to soon return to the Helen Hayes Hospital, in West Haverstraw, N.Y., where he is undergoing rehabilitation, according to Nathan Lewkowicz, his former promoter.
Following a brutal 10-round unanimous decision loss on Nov. 2 to Mike Perez, the 32-year-old former heavyweight contender was placed in a medically induced coma by doctors until Dec. 10.
"They took him back to St. Luke's where they did the initial surgery when they brought him in right after the fight. What they did in repairing his skull is that they used a three-dimensional printer to re-create an exact replica of that part of his skull that was removed, and they put that into his head," said Lewkowicz.
"He's still there at St. Luke's, but they will be sending him back to rehab. He's improving, which is why they prescribed another month of rehab. It's been one month of rehab, and now, he'll do another month hopefully starting in a couple of days."
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Post by 221dayton on Feb 21, 2014 8:54:39 GMT -5
ESPN Outside the Lines looks at Magomed Abdusalamov injuryProBoxing-fans.com ESPN Outside the Lines is set to showcase a special segment on the tragic circumstances surrounding the injury to heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov. Right here, you can find a video preview of the segment, and more background on what they will be discussing. Correspondent John Barr interviews Bakanay Abdusalamova, whose husband Magomed suffered severe brain injuries in a November heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden. Previously undefeated (18-0) heavyweight contender Magomed Abdusalamov lost a 10-round decision after a brutal fight November 2 at Madison Square Garden, suffering broken bones in his face and hand, and a gash above his eye. After New York State Athletic Commission doctors examined him, they didn't summon an on-site ambulance and he went to the hospital by taxi. Abdusalamov underwent emergency brain surgery and suffered multiple strokes, leaving him in a coma for weeks, and sparking a state investigation of the fight and its aftermath. John Barr reports. Preview Video "He was receiving lots of painful hits and complaining. I kept on thinking they would stop the fight." -- Mike Perez, who defeated Abdusalamov November 2 “We did not know that there was any kind of head injury at that point. He was showing no signs of any trouble.” -- Matt Farrago Sunday 9 AM www.proboxing-fans.com/video-espn-outside-the-lines-looks-at-magomed-abdusalamov-injury_022014/
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Post by espnisgone on Feb 23, 2014 10:51:45 GMT -5
ESPN Outside the Lines looks at Magomed Abdusalamov injuryProBoxing-fans.com ESPN Outside the Lines is set to showcase a special segment on the tragic circumstances surrounding the injury to heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov. Right here, you can find a video preview of the segment, and more background on what they will be discussing. Correspondent John Barr interviews Bakanay Abdusalamova, whose husband Magomed suffered severe brain injuries in a November heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden. Previously undefeated (18-0) heavyweight contender Magomed Abdusalamov lost a 10-round decision after a brutal fight November 2 at Madison Square Garden, suffering broken bones in his face and hand, and a gash above his eye. After New York State Athletic Commission doctors examined him, they didn't summon an on-site ambulance and he went to the hospital by taxi. Abdusalamov underwent emergency brain surgery and suffered multiple strokes, leaving him in a coma for weeks, and sparking a state investigation of the fight and its aftermath. John Barr reports. Preview Video "He was receiving lots of painful hits and complaining. I kept on thinking they would stop the fight." -- Mike Perez, who defeated Abdusalamov November 2 “We did not know that there was any kind of head injury at that point. He was showing no signs of any trouble.” -- Matt Farrago Sunday 9 AM www.proboxing-fans.com/video-espn-outside-the-lines-looks-at-magomed-abdusalamov-injury_022014/ I watched it. It was ok but nothing really new came out that I could see. Just a damn shame.
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Post by 221dayton on Mar 31, 2014 8:55:37 GMT -5
Injured boxer's family files lawsuit
William Weinbaum ESPN Outside the Lines 3/27/2014
The family of brain-damaged Russian heavyweight boxer Magomed Abdusalamov filed a lawsuit Wednesday against multiple parties -- including five New York State Athletic Commission doctors -- alleging recklessness, gross negligence and medical malpractice.
The lawsuit comes nearly five months after Abdusalamov suffered traumatic brain injuries during a 10-round loss to Mike Perez. Other parties named in the lawsuit include the referee, the commission's inspector, Madison Square Garden and K2 Promotions.
After Abdusalamov was battered and bloodied in going the distance the night of Nov. 2 against Perez, he was brought by taxi from the Theater at Madison Square Garden to Mt. Sinai Roosevelt Hospital some 25 blocks away. He underwent life-saving surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain nearly three hours after his fight ended, but the native of the Republic of Dagestan suffered multiple strokes and was in a coma for weeks.
Dr. Rupendra Swarup, medical director of Mt. Sinai Roosevelt's department of neurosurgery, said Abdusalamov has regained slight movement and can follow simple commands but is still bedridden and may never walk or talk again. If he showed any sign of an intracranial injury after the fight, said Swarup, getting him to the hospital should have been an urgent matter.
As "Outside the Lines" reported in February, despite a laceration above Abdusalamov's eye that was sutured in the dressing room, as well as injuries later diagnosed as broken bones in his face and hand, he was not sent in an ambulance to the hospital by commission doctors who attended to him after the fight. His handlers said that although Abdusalamov also complained of head pain, the doctors advised him to get his injuries looked at in a day or two.
The suit names doctors Barry Jordan, the commission's chief medical officer; Avery Browne; Anthony Curreri; Osric King; and Gerard Varlotta. According to Boxingscene.com writer Thomas Hauser, Jordan and King examined Abdusalamov postfight in the ring, then Varlotta and Curreri did so in the dressing room. During the fight, King was assigned to Abdusalamov's corner and Browne to Perez's corner.
"These doctors screwed up beyond belief," Abdusalamov family attorney Paul Edelstein told "Outside the Lines" on Wednesday. "Not giving him proper postfight medical attention was reckless and egregious; not stopping the fight was negligent."
After a first round in which a Perez forearm to Abdusalamov's face staggered him, he asked his corner whether his nose was broken. The illegal blow could have resulted in a no-contest ruling by referee Benjy Esteves Jr. but didn't. As the action-packed match progressed, without any knockdowns, Abdusalamov was struck with 312 blows, and the left side of his face became a disfigured and bloody mess.
In early November, the state inspector general began an investigation into the fight and its aftermath, at the behest of the office of New York's Secretary of State, which oversees the athletic commission. The probe's completion date has not been announced.
A state athletic commission spokesman said Thursday that the commission hasn't seen the suit and doesn't comment on pending litigation. A day earlier, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the appointment of attorney David Berlin as the commission's new executive director, effective May 1.
The five doctors and K2 Promotions have not yet responded to requests for comment Thursday. A Madison Square Garden spokesman said MSG had not yet been served with the complaint.
Abdusalamov, who turned 33 on Tuesday, was transported early Thursday from a rehabilitation facility back to Mt. Sinai Roosevelt to undergo additional surgery, this time to install a shunt in his head to regulate the flow of cerebral fluid. A family member said Thursday afternoon that Abdusalamov was out of surgery and the operation was deemed a success by his doctors.
Wednesday's State Supreme Court filing on behalf of Abdusalamov, his wife and three young daughters does not specify monetary damages, but it states that the defendants' actions resulted in Abdusalamov's permanent brain damage and disability, ongoing severe pain and suffering, and a future of extensive medical care. An earlier Court of Claims filing by Abdusalamov's family, first reported by "Outside the Lines," indicated its intention to file a $100 million claim against the state and the athletic commission.
"I would have preferred to also sue the athletic commission directly, but I'm not allowed to," Edelstein said. "It is immune [under the legislation that created it], but its employees, including the doctors, are not.
"If responsibility on the part of the commission doctors is found, the state's taxpayers would pay the bill, and that is horrendous."
The state athletic commission inspector named in the suit is Matt Farrago, a former boxer who was assigned to monitor Abdusalamov before, during and after the fight. In an interview with "Outside the Lines" on Thursday, Farrago said the commission suspended him indefinitely less than a week after the Abdusalamov-Perez fight and told him it was unrelated to the bout.
Farrago and Abdusalamov's handlers say he urged the fighter to go to the hospital when he saw blood in his urine sample after the commission doctors had cleared him and left the dressing room.
And Farrago, who said his pay to be an inspector for the fight was $52, runs the boxing charity Ring 10 -- he says it's raised about $175,000 for Abdusalamov and his family.
"I understand the lawsuit and this is a litigation country and everybody gets sued," Farrago said. "I was the first guy and the last guy to see 'Mago' [at Madison Square Garden], so I understand they would want to talk to me."
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