Klitschko Sued by Brain-Damaged Magomed Abdusalamov's Wife

[p4pking]

I think the promoters should be liable here. 1st of all if there was any problems with the competence of the doctor thats the organizers responsibility. Secondly I think the whole think has been a farce. To throw a fight you need insurance. This insurance should cover promoters/fighters for any incident like this which should include all Magos medical bills and potential future earnings.

You'd know better than I, but that isn't typical at all is it? Strikes me if anything it would work the other way around, a promoter would need insurance in order to avoid this kind of thing As far as the competency of the doctors, again I don't see how that would come down to anyone but the commission that employs them and sanctions the event? What is a promoter supposed to do, select them as if they are judges?

[walrus]

What about the corner and the fighter himself. If they feel they are to injured to continue, shouldn't they do just that.

[ykdadamaja]

Call me a Soccer Mom, but all fighters should take MANDATORY hospital visits after fights. No matter how short or long or who the winner was. Take them all to the hospital. One tap, in one round, from the losing fighter, can cause more damage than 10 rounds of punishment from one fighter that blasted you out.

A good case of this was the Taylor/Chavez fight/ Taylor was on the way to winning a unanimous decision. He was, literally, seconds away from winning. Chavez really poured on at about the 9th and 10th rounds- and really in the 11th and 12th. Chavez probably only, really, won the 10th and 11th rounds. But, who got messed up the most?

[Kirkland Laing]

Morally the Klitschkos are responsible here. They're the ones with money to cover this, not the state athletic commission. They love talking about how socially responsible they are but really they're just out to make money like every other promoter.

[Silkeyjoe]

I think the promoters should be liable here. 1st of all if there was any problems with the competence of the doctor thats the organizers responsibility. Secondly I think the whole think has been a farce. To throw a fight you need insurance. This insurance should cover promoters/fighters for any incident like this which should include all Magos medical bills and potential future earnings.

You'd know better than I, but that isn't typical at all is it? Strikes me if anything it would work the other way around, a promoter would need insurance in order to avoid this kind of thing As far as the competency of the doctors, again I don't see how that would come down to anyone but the commission that employs them and sanctions the event? What is a promoter supposed to do, select them as if they are judges?

I dont know either. I would have thought to host a sporting event where athletes can be harmed that you would need insurance to cover any injuries they may get. I know in the football league I play in that part of the league fee covers insurance and should anything happen during the match fees will be covered. I would think whoever is hosting an event is responsible for your well being. At the end of the day its the refs and the ring doctors fault for what happened. Obviously they were not to know how bad the injuries were but ultimately it is there responsibility for fighters safety and in my opinion Mago deserves substantial compensation. It looks like he may never walk or talk again. If the ref does his job properly and stops the fight a round or two earlier who knows what coud have happened, he could possibly still be a fighter.