Thread: Nick Blackwell rushed to hospital after falling ill after a sparring session

If Blackwell has been involved in sparring in the sense that we all understand it, then it's complete and utter lunacy. How anyone agreed to it or allowed it is simply staggering.

For the moment, Im clinging to the hope that something else has gone on here. Maybe he was training someone and got clipped accidently, maybe he didnt get hit at all. Here's hoping.

If you look at what he said after Gutknecht suffered the same sort of thing after the Groves fight his words come across a little differently

“I just hope he can come out the other side and make a full recovery like I did .

“You are in there doing something you love and the fighter in you means you don’t want to give up.

you just read them two little sentences and it sounds like he was itching for it back then.

He didn't make a full recovery, if he had then he wouldn't have had his licence took off him.

Originally Posted by Memphis

If Blackwell has been involved in sparring in the sense that we all understand it, then it's complete and utter lunacy. How anyone agreed to it or allowed it is simply staggering.

For the moment, Im clinging to the hope that something else has gone on here. Maybe he was training someone and got clipped accidently, maybe he didnt get hit at all. Here's hoping.

No way did that happen otherwise he would have been the most unluckiest person in the world.

At times like this you wonder what Mr watson and G man would do with a second chance like Nick has had, addiction to something is so hard to control, Spencer Oliver is a prime example of a boxer over coming this.

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by ross

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by ross

Must be one of the hardest things to take. To go from being known as tough to now not being sure if the next punch he takes might kill him.He will never be able to even defend his kids or wife if came down to a possible fight.

Let's just hope he pulls through n doesn't try sparring another pro boxer again.I'd reckon a guy like this would take his chances defending his family against joe six pack. Average person can't hit a decent pro boxer in a fight anyway and certainly can't take being hit by one.

Kidding yourself if you think a fight is just 1 on 1 face to face, fair fist fight.

Been in a lot of brawls and jump in gang initiations in your day huh? LolMost fights end in less than a minute especially if someone knows how to use their fists and the other guy doesn't.

I don't want to sound like a cock but I have been involved in proper fist fights and yes a minute is a long time to be taking punches!

Originally Posted by Batman

If you look at what he said after Gutknecht suffered the same sort of thing after the Groves fight his words come across a little differently

“I just hope he can come out the other side and make a full recovery like I did .

“You are in there doing something you love and the fighter in you means you don’t want to give up.

you just read them two little sentences and it sounds like he was itching for it back then.

He didn't make a full recovery, if he had then he wouldn't have had his licence took off him.

Any idea where they draw the line? Obviously Blackwells injury was so severe he wasn't going to get it back, but an example I can think of would be Jermain Taylor. He had a brain bleed of some sort after I believe the Abraham fight, and he obviously got his licence back to fight but controversially, I remember that redhead woman who was around for so many fights, chief physician somewhere(likely Nevada) saying he should have never been declared medically fit again, which looks like the right call in hindsight, yet he was even given a title fight!

Originally Posted by ross

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by ross

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by ross

Must be one of the hardest things to take. To go from being known as tough to now not being sure if the next punch he takes might kill him.He will never be able to even defend his kids or wife if came down to a possible fight.

Let's just hope he pulls through n doesn't try sparring another pro boxer again.I'd reckon a guy like this would take his chances defending his family against joe six pack. Average person can't hit a decent pro boxer in a fight anyway and certainly can't take being hit by one.

Kidding yourself if you think a fight is just 1 on 1 face to face, fair fist fight.

Been in a lot of brawls and jump in gang initiations in your day huh? LolMost fights end in less than a minute especially if someone knows how to use their fists and the other guy doesn't.

I don't want to sound like a cock but I have been involved in proper fist fights and yes a minute is a long time to be taking punches!

As I have I. Had a couple of fist fights back in high school. Second one, I Was arrested at 17 for knocking a kid's teeth out with two punches. His friend was supposed to jump in if and when I hit the kid, as were others, but nobody did. 29 now and I've done all of my fighting in the boxing ring since. It isn't hard to avoid street fights or trouble if you don't go looking for it.

Originally Posted by ross

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by ross

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by ross

Must be one of the hardest things to take. To go from being known as tough to now not being sure if the next punch he takes might kill him.He will never be able to even defend his kids or wife if came down to a possible fight.

Let's just hope he pulls through n doesn't try sparring another pro boxer again.I'd reckon a guy like this would take his chances defending his family against joe six pack. Average person can't hit a decent pro boxer in a fight anyway and certainly can't take being hit by one.

Kidding yourself if you think a fight is just 1 on 1 face to face, fair fist fight.

Been in a lot of brawls and jump in gang initiations in your day huh? LolMost fights end in less than a minute especially if someone knows how to use their fists and the other guy doesn't.

I don't want to sound like a cock but I have been involved in proper fist fights and yes a minute is a long time to be taking punches!

Well you do sound like a cock, about 90% of the time

Originally Posted by Marty

Originally Posted by ross

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by ross

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by ross

Must be one of the hardest things to take. To go from being known as tough to now not being sure if the next punch he takes might kill him.He will never be able to even defend his kids or wife if came down to a possible fight.

Let's just hope he pulls through n doesn't try sparring another pro boxer again.I'd reckon a guy like this would take his chances defending his family against joe six pack. Average person can't hit a decent pro boxer in a fight anyway and certainly can't take being hit by one.

Kidding yourself if you think a fight is just 1 on 1 face to face, fair fist fight.

Been in a lot of brawls and jump in gang initiations in your day huh? LolMost fights end in less than a minute especially if someone knows how to use their fists and the other guy doesn't.

I don't want to sound like a cock but I have been involved in proper fist fights and yes a minute is a long time to be taking punches!

Well you do sound like a cock, about 90% of the time

for a man of only 8 posts @Marty you do sound wise

Originally Posted by erics44

Originally Posted by Marty

Originally Posted by ross

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by ross

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by ross

Must be one of the hardest things to take. To go from being known as tough to now not being sure if the next punch he takes might kill him.He will never be able to even defend his kids or wife if came down to a possible fight.

Let's just hope he pulls through n doesn't try sparring another pro boxer again.I'd reckon a guy like this would take his chances defending his family against joe six pack. Average person can't hit a decent pro boxer in a fight anyway and certainly can't take being hit by one.

Kidding yourself if you think a fight is just 1 on 1 face to face, fair fist fight.

Been in a lot of brawls and jump in gang initiations in your day huh? LolMost fights end in less than a minute especially if someone knows how to use their fists and the other guy doesn't.

I don't want to sound like a cock but I have been involved in proper fist fights and yes a minute is a long time to be taking punches!

Well you do sound like a cock, about 90% of the time

for a man of only 8 posts @Marty you do sound wise

He needs to watch himself though, picking on Ross like that, last thing he wants is to get into a fist fight with him, especially one that lasts over a minute

Originally Posted by Batman

Originally Posted by erics44

Originally Posted by Marty

Originally Posted by ross

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by ross

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by ross

Must be one of the hardest things to take. To go from being known as tough to now not being sure if the next punch he takes might kill him.He will never be able to even defend his kids or wife if came down to a possible fight.

Let's just hope he pulls through n doesn't try sparring another pro boxer again.I'd reckon a guy like this would take his chances defending his family against joe six pack. Average person can't hit a decent pro boxer in a fight anyway and certainly can't take being hit by one.

Kidding yourself if you think a fight is just 1 on 1 face to face, fair fist fight.

Been in a lot of brawls and jump in gang initiations in your day huh? LolMost fights end in less than a minute especially if someone knows how to use their fists and the other guy doesn't.

I don't want to sound like a cock but I have been involved in proper fist fights and yes a minute is a long time to be taking punches!

Well you do sound like a cock, about 90% of the time

for a man of only 8 posts @Marty you do sound wise

He needs to watch himself though, picking on Ross like that, last thing he wants is to get into a fist fight with him, especially one that lasts over a minute

A minute that long Batman hell I would part with 50p to watch.

Originally Posted by Dia bando

Originally Posted by Batman

Originally Posted by erics44

Originally Posted by Marty

Originally Posted by ross

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by ross

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by ross

Must be one of the hardest things to take. To go from being known as tough to now not being sure if the next punch he takes might kill him.He will never be able to even defend his kids or wife if came down to a possible fight.

Let's just hope he pulls through n doesn't try sparring another pro boxer again.I'd reckon a guy like this would take his chances defending his family against joe six pack. Average person can't hit a decent pro boxer in a fight anyway and certainly can't take being hit by one.

Kidding yourself if you think a fight is just 1 on 1 face to face, fair fist fight.

Been in a lot of brawls and jump in gang initiations in your day huh? LolMost fights end in less than a minute especially if someone knows how to use their fists and the other guy doesn't.

I don't want to sound like a cock but I have been involved in proper fist fights and yes a minute is a long time to be taking punches!

Well you do sound like a cock, about 90% of the time

for a man of only 8 posts @Marty you do sound wise

He needs to watch himself though, picking on Ross like that, last thing he wants is to get into a fist fight with him, especially one that lasts over a minute

A minute that long Batman hell I would part with 50p to watch.

You might be happy to pay 50p for that but I know someone who wouldn't...what dya reckon Master? could you fork out 50p for this PPV special?

I reckon Lolenga Mock would do you in under 30 seconds.

You lot love to talk about fighting

That's kind of the point of this place...

Originally Posted by p4pking

That's kind of the point of this place...

Well the fighting talk is secondary to our white supremacist views but yeah I get what you are saying