Tragedy: Fighter dies after bout
Lightweight Jackson Bussell passed away on Friday after battling Javier Garcia to a draw on Thursday night at the Sagebrush Cantina in Calabasas, California. Bussell, who took the bout on late notice, gave a good account of himself in the fight, but seemed to run out of gas late.
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R.I.P
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That's a damn shame; R.I.P. bro' :'(
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I'd rather be knocked out cold with one single punch, than receive some creeping damaging accumulation of regular punches in the head.
Brain shakes like a bowl of jelly, and it will baloon up... forcing the vein to burst.
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This is sad my heart goes out to his family.
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That's a damn shame; R.I.P. bro' :'(
there needs to be a minimum amount of time for a substitution...like 3-4 weeks....this last minute stuff will only worsen boxing's image..
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Wow that place is like 5 mins from my house....my condolensces to his family. I wonder if they will have boxing there anymore.
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The kid he fought was only18 too, 3 fights into a career.
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The kid he fought was only18 too, 3 fights into a career.
absolute tragedy.......shameful.......
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Very sad news. Sounds like maybe he was underprepared to fight. Im sure he loved to fight and he died doing what he loved but still a huge tragedy. Thoughts and prayers with him and his family RIP.
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Rest in Peace... very very sad....
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Wow that place is like 5 mins from my house....my condolences to his family. I wonder if they will have boxing there anymore.
Me too. I live two exits off the 101. I was considering going but had an emergency come up at the last minute. I hate witnessing that sort of thing. I was also present when Vic Darchinyan put that one dude in a coma and he had to have emergency surgery.
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It is very sad that this sort of thing still happens, but as we all know this is a man's sport and everyone who gets through the ropes knows that it can be brutal and that people can get hurt. Of course it is a tragedy, but you also have to feel for his opponent, who will now have to hold that guilt with him for the rest of his life.
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I was thinking about going to these fights as a friend of mine that works for a radio station had tickets but at the last minute I ended up going out with some friends elsewhere..
May he R.I.P.
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A good referee should know exactly when to stop the fight.
This is a bad example...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VawHg...elated&search=
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In the old days they used to let it go on way too much in them days you didn't have to go to the neutral corner bad wasn't it ??
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In the old days they used to let it go on way too much in them days you didn't have to go to the neutral corner bad wasn't it ??
Fwockin-A!
Poor dude got KD 7x. Ref didn't even hesitate to ask him if he was alright. I bet that ref is Laurence Cole's grandpa. ;D
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A good referee should know exactly when to stop the fight.
This is a bad example...
Different times Pacstraight....
I'm not saying it's OK, or it anything like that.
But Rules, the very little that they did have were completetly shit back then.
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god bless him and his family
R.I.P.