Buncy is telling the Truth, I was there with another Fighter on the night. Everything He says is the truth.They Flew Him out, because they were saving money, dont think they understood it was free :rolleyes:
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Buncy is telling the Truth, I was there with another Fighter on the night. Everything He says is the truth.They Flew Him out, because they were saving money, dont think they understood it was free :rolleyes:
Bloody hell! That sounds like madness, no way he should have going anywhere!Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrap
well if he was making it up he wouldnt name the guy, im pretty sure he could potentially face legal issues by implicating somebody who didnt say what bunce is claimingQuote:
Originally Posted by skel1983So he names the guy so that makes it true :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by ross
I didn't know that he had hard sparring with Griffin, but I had heard he may have been going in the ring with a possible head injury and that the MRI scans had not been carried out before the fight the way they have to be in world level fights these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by LyleThat's what I was talking about! Very hard sparring, McClellan may not have been in the best shape and those rabbit punches probably didn't help out though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrap
I assume that these stories are linked and from what i've read in this thread I would have to say that it sounds like a likely assumpton too. I just wonder what would have happened had the fight ended when Gerald had Benn in trouble early on?? Would he have still ended up in a bad way or, if he was carrying a head injury already, would it have been found and sorted before any lasting damage occured
I think people are comparing the screening/medical processes of today with 1995..:-\
and plenty of boxers have got in to the ring WITH injuries
Maybe, but how many have got into the ring with unknown head injuries?? Fighting with a broken hand is not like getting into a ring with a timebomb in your head.Quote:
Originally Posted by Howlin Mad Missy
I'm not saying anyone knew he was in a bad way although he did suffer from regular, severe headaches after he fought Julian Jackson first time around.
I found this artcile published by Sports Illustrated maybe 10 days after the fight. Although it was before Mcclellan was flown home to the US it is a good artcile to read being 3 pages long.
A brutal title bout left Gerald McClellan fighting for his - 03.06.95 - SI Vault
Bunce says he was walking around fine after the fight (I haven't listened to it but somebody posted that bit). But he was never fine, he was blind and in a wheelchair, they said he'd never walk again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrap
And Fenster I don't know why he'd say it but there's a hell of a difference between walking around unaided and emerging from a two week coma blind and unable to walk.
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Originally Posted by hitmanhattonwell if he was making it up he wouldnt name the guy, im pretty sure he could potentially face legal issues by implicating somebody who didnt say what bunce is claimingQuote:
Originally Posted by skel1983So he names the guy so that makes it true :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by ross
Who said he was making it up?? Not me, but his view or what information he has got is different to almost everything I have ever read or seen regarding this fight and I have researched this hundreds of times over the years, so I think Bunce ( who talks a lot of shite especially regarding anything to do with our American friends ) is not the most reliable of sources.
Yeah, no way was he fine after the fight. Unless Bunce has been in a coma before & found it a doddle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingBunce says he was walking around fine after the fight (I haven't listened to it but somebody posted that bit). But he was never fine, he was blind and in a wheelchair, they said he'd never walk again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrap
And Fenster I don't know why he'd say it but there's a hell of a difference between walking around unaided and emerging from a two week coma blind and unable to walk.
But, if Scrap and others are supporting some of this, then I'll definitely buy that they might have taken him home too quickly, but to say that's the only reason he's in the state he is, is just bizarre.
I always felt the Jackson fight did a lot of damage because after the fight in interview he said his head hurt and he wanted to sleep. I did not know that Montell had him down during sparring. The punches from Benn was vicious but think the damage was done earlier.
Bunce didn't say that. He said - McClellan wasn't well enough to travel, did so against the doctors advice and WOULD have walked out the hospital like Spencer Oliver did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingBunce says he was walking around fine after the fight (I haven't listened to it but somebody posted that bit). But he was never fine, he was blind and in a wheelchair, they said he'd never walk again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrap
And Fenster I don't know why he'd say it but there's a hell of a difference between walking around unaided and emerging from a two week coma blind and unable to walk.
At the very least he would have needed a white stick. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by FensterBunce didn't say that. He said - McClellan wasn't well enough to travel, did so against the doctors advice and WOULD have walked out the hospital like Spencer Oliver did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingBunce says he was walking around fine after the fight (I haven't listened to it but somebody posted that bit). But he was never fine, he was blind and in a wheelchair, they said he'd never walk again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrap
And Fenster I don't know why he'd say it but there's a hell of a difference between walking around unaided and emerging from a two week coma blind and unable to walk.
Here's the article which I've posted the link to a couple of times.
Read this and it will clear things up for you. ;)
Michael Marley's Boxing Confidential News, Analysis, and Commentary
Very interesting - cheers mateQuote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMick