Teofimo Lopez v George Kambosos Jr. 27/11/2021

[Ron Swanson]

Seems Teo fought with pneumomediastinum, basically a rip in his throat had led to his body filling with air. Teo assumed it was just his asthma so he didn’t tell anyone about his symptoms. He very very easily could have died. Not a fan of Teo but to go into a fight in this condition and fight in this condition says a lot about him.

[mikeeod]

Seems Teo fought with pneumomediastinum, basically a rip in his throat had led to his body filling with air. Teo assumed it was just his asthma so he didn’t tell anyone about his symptoms. He very very easily could have died. Not a fan of Teo but to go into a fight in this condition and fight in this condition says a lot about him.

I read this and have to agree with you- I’m not a fan but that is pretty impressive and humbling. You have to be unbelievably strong mentally to fight like that with that condition. Makes sense as to why he came out swinging like he did- not emotion as much as hoping to end the fight early/prior to his condition impacting his stamina.

[Master]

FRIGHTENING Doctor confirms Teofimo Lopez ‘could have died’ during George Kambosos Jr defeat after contracting illness which could have caused his lungs to collapse

Teofimo Lopez ‘could have died’ during his fight with George Kambosos Jr after contracting pneumomediastinum – a condition which could have caused his lung to collapse in the ring.

The lightweight relinquished his world titles to the Australian as he suffered a surprise loss at the hands of the judges, getting dropped in the very first round.

Lopez was markedly different from the fighter who outfought Vasyl Lomachenko in October last year with critics suggested it was just overconfidence or complacency.

Yet the leading physicians and doctors who examined ‘The Takeover’ in the ensuing week after the fight have confirmed just how serious his condition was.

“He could have died, for sure,” Dr. Linda Dahl told ESPN, an otolaryngologist (ENT) with surgical privileges at three prestigious Manhattan hospitals.

“How he breathed, I can’t even explain to you. It’s like somebody tied a 300-pound set of weights around his chest, like his neck and chest were in a vice.

“That’s how he fought.”

The 24-year-old contracted COVID in June and has suffered with asthma since he was six, with doctors determining he should go to hospital immediately after the fight and he was given oxygen.

By 4.37am in New York, a CT scan determined Lopez had ‘extensive air’ in his neck cavities.

According to the report, the issues flared up after he had rehydrated at the restaurant Carmine’s where his chest became tight, his breathing became laboured and his neck began to swell.

Despite his father, Teofimo Sr, insisting he should go to hospital, Lopez feared the fight would be cancelled and he fought on regardless.

“The air was surrounding his chest wall and his heart and his neck -places where air is not supposed to be,” said Dahl, who worked as a ringside physician for the New York State Athletic Commission.

“If he was hit in the neck or the chest — a certain way, in a certain place- he could have developed a pneumothorax [collapsed lung].

“He would have instantly been down and unable to breathe and needing a chest tube.”

“I looked at the scan when I saw him Monday morning,” Dahl concluded. “I just said, ‘Thank God you’re alive.'”

https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/9...illness-lungs/

[SlimTrae]

This 100% Changes the victory. Ala Holyfield-Moorer. Rematch was a clinic, this would be as well. Rematch easily warranted.

[Ron Swanson]

This 100% Changes the victory. Ala Holyfield-Moorer. Rematch was a clinic, this would be as well. Rematch easily warranted.

I don’t think Teo has interest in trying to make 135lbs anymore

[TIC]

excuses don't change the result. teo lost & would do so again

[Ron Swanson]

excuses don't change the result. teo lost & would do so again

He probably would lose a rematch. But to dismiss the actual factual deadly serious health condition he fought with only speaks to ignorance.

[SlimTrae]

This 100% Changes the victory. Ala Holyfield-Moorer. Rematch was a clinic, this would be as well. Rematch easily warranted.

I don’t think Teo has interest in trying to make 135lbs anymore

Can't disagree.
Just hope this squashes the "he disrespected Kambosos by trying to blow him out-spiel." Not too often does a guy with a chip on his shoulder, actually bring it to the ring and not twitter the chip.