Doctor's Report on Hopkins

[RohanKnight]

It was just a separation, not big deal for someone as hard as Hopkins right? I mean this is the same guy who called Vitali Klitstchko a quitter when he had a torn rotator cuff (the muscles that control movement in your shoulder) and all Bernard had was a separation and it looks to me like they didn't even grade it (they usually have grades to show how severe it is).

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy

a torn rotator cuff stings and slows down your lifting of the arm,since you've lost part of the muscles that lift the arm but not all of them. So the arm can still be used if you can cope with the pain, using the auxillary muscles for movement. It would be feasible to box on for a while with ther adrenaline running like Sonny Liston did against Ali (1st fight), but you would be stupid to, no point in putting yourself through that.

A dislocated shoulder hurts like hell, and will mean even the tiniest roation kills you at the joint, You cant hardly lift it, the shoulder joint isnt where it should be, so very little forces can be exerted. Attempting to do can even lead to you losing the use of your arm permanently.

Tbh, fighting after 40 years age, you are only setting your biody up for both these types of injuries. BHop should have retired years ago if he wants to look after his body, no way should he be in in the ring with world class athletes.

Though there is a difference in magnitude ofthe compared injuries, a doctor obviously wouldnt recommend fighting with either injury.