Michael Kirkham dies after being knocked out

[Howlin Mad Missy]

nocked unconscious and never regained consciousness. Died of a brain haemorrhage.

The referee should've stopped this way before he did - the guy was hammering him on the back of the head ffs.

Tragic.

That is tragic

Some will say it was only a matter of time before something like this happened. But as all combat sports you do literally put your life on the line when you compete, boxing included in that.

yeah but back of the head? Out of order in any sport.

[boxingbantz]

nocked unconscious and never regained consciousness. Died of a brain haemorrhage.

The referee should've stopped this way before he did - the guy was hammering him on the back of the head ffs.

Tragic.

That is tragic

Some will say it was only a matter of time before something like this happened. But as all combat sports you do literally put your life on the line when you compete, boxing included in that.

yeah but back of the head? Out of order in any sport.

you only had to see Andre Dirrell got KO'd by Abraham after a little swing to the back of the head to see how dangerous it can be. This was constant with hammer blows ffs. The referee should've stopped it after the first illegal hit.

[Mattyhitman]

nocked unconscious and never regained consciousness. Died of a brain haemorrhage.

The referee should've stopped this way before he did - the guy was hammering him on the back of the head ffs.

Tragic.

That is tragic

Some will say it was only a matter of time before something like this happened. But as all combat sports you do literally put your life on the line when you compete, boxing included in that.

yeah but back of the head? Out of order in any sport.

you only had to see Andre Dirrell got KO'd by Abraham after a little swing to the back of the head to see how dangerous it can be. This was constant with hammer blows ffs. The referee should've stopped it after the first illegal hit.

unfortunately i cannot see the vid for some reason, but yea constant rabbit punching cannot be good

[Saddo]

I've never gotten into this sport and that clip confirms why.

its like dogfighting to me

sad sad news... R.I.P Michael Kirkham

[Preme]

that's fucking horrible man, poor guy & his family & friends

[Nameless]

I've never gotten into this sport and that clip confirms why.

its like dogfighting to me

sad sad news... R.I.P Michael Kirkham

I can understand why you don't like it but rationalyl speaking, MMAis far better than boxing as for injuries death. I think it's the first fighter dying practicing MMA for over 2 decades where there are boxers who get sevee trauma or die every year, based on that, I don't think we can say that MMA is really a barbarian discipline compared to boxing.

[amiller]

Sad news. Hitting to back the head doesn't seem to get as much attention from the refs as it does in boxing.