There was an article in this week's Boxing News about Valery Odin, who got some serious brain damage down in London a while ago, and they reckon it's going to take him 18 months, but he will make a full recovery according to the medical opinion of the doc.

I guess it's just a part and parcel of the job, by having the balls to get in that ring and put yourself on the line, there is that possibility of getting hurt. However much doctors do at ringside, and gloves are padded, there will always be a risk come what may. That's why every boxer, at whatever level, will always have my respect for stepping through those ropes.