Oscar Diaz rushed to hospital

[C.J.Rock]

God Bless Oscar Keep fightin man like you have your whole career You and your family are in my prayers

[Spicoli]

Just occured to me ,I have not missed an ESPN card in at least one year...

I missed this one last night while getting all worked up at Rahman/Toney wtf fight.Scenarios could not have been more different.......Hope Huge hearted Diaz recovers and has a full life with family.Sux!

[amat]

AFP: Welterweight Diaz criticial after brain surgery

Removed the left side of his cranium.... Doesn't sound very appealing, but more positive news it seems then what one could have expected. Seems to have shown movement and is not in a coma.

[LEGION]

AFP: Welterweight Diaz criticial after brain surgery

Removed the left side of his cranium.... Doesn't sound very appealing, but more positive news it seems then what one could have expected. Seems to have shown movement and is not in a coma.

How awful I hope he can at least live a normal life after this ordeal.

[Gandalf]

That is absolutely terrible. I can only things turn out as well as they possbly can in these kind of horrendous cirmumstances.

[killersheep]

Man, I really hope he can have a normal life. Also, I really hope he gets some help with the medical bills.

[donnydarkoIRL]

I shouldn't be in here right now.

[killersheep]

He trained here in Phoenix, I wonder if I should go to that gym and pay my respects.

[amat]

It's so odd that 3 of the people you can count on to be here every week weren't when this happened. I envy them to be honest, was not a pretty sight.

[OumaFan]

That's horrible. I wasn't really watching to be honest. I was watching Toney/Rahman and even before that I was just watching bits and pieces of that one. At one point around the ninth when I was actually watching Diaz was moving backwards and not doing much and it seemed to me that at that point there was no real reason for the fight to go on since he wasn't gonna win the fight that way but I didn't realize he was taking that kind of a beating. Hopefully things work out as well as possible.

Did anybody who was watching the fight close see this coming? I remember the George Jones-Beethaven Scotland fight on ESPN 2 years ago and really being worried about Scotland rounds before the tragedy happened, and same with Chavez-Leevander Johnson. I didn't notice Diaz taking that kind of punishment but like I said I wasn't watching closely.

[boozeboxer]

I really didn't think Diaz had taken any real serious punishment.

[OumaFan]

Well apparently he took a lot of punishment against Golden Johnson recently. That probably had something to do with it. I definitely that the punishment Leevander Johnson took against Javier Jauregui two fights before the Chavez fight had something to do with that.

[LEGION]

It's so odd that 3 of the people you can count on to be here every week weren't when this happened. I envy them to be honest, was not a pretty sight.

I was here following the thread, but to be honest I'm glad my DISH service was down; as that really isn't something I want to see.

[OumaFan]

At least this sounds like somewhat good news

from fightnews

Oscar Diaz Update!
Donna Duva-Brooks, promoter of critically injured boxer Oscar Diaz, has issued a somewhat encouraging update regarding their fighter’s condition. "The brain is back to its normal size and position, and the swelling has gone down," said the somewhat relieved promoter from Diaz’s bedside at University Hospital Trauma ICU in San Antonio. Neurosurgeon Dr. David Jimenez performed the two-hour craniotomy on the left side of the fighter’s head on Wednesday night and, according to Duva-Brooks, is pleased with Diaz’s recovery progress, thus far. "He was operated on within two hours of the injury and the doctor said it was of great benefit how fast they were able to get him to the hospital." While Duva-Brooks acknowledges that recovery will require a great deal of time and patience, right now, the outlook seems to be improving. "Oscar’s vital signs are good and he has been showing slight improvement each day. Doctors say it could take up to a week to come out of the coma. We are encouraged by the news that the swelling in his brain is gone and we’re all praying for him and taking it day by day. We’ll release more information when it becomes available."

[OumaFan]

Doctor said he expects Diaz to live

ESPN - Doctor says San Antonio boxer likely to survive brain injury - Boxing