Boxer in critical condition with brain injury after Virginia bout

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

(Reuters) - Boxer Prichard Colon was fighting for his life on Sunday after sustaining an illegal blow to the head during a bout in a Washington, D.C. suburb, the fight's promoter said.

The super welterweight from Puerto Rico was injured during his 10-round fight with Terrel Williams in Fairfax, Virginia, on Saturday, promoter Lou DiBella said in a statement.

Colon, 23, showed symptoms of head trauma in his dressing room following his bout and was rushed to the hospital where he underwent surgery to relieve pressure on his brain, DiBella said.

Colon remained in critical condition on Sunday, according to DiBella.

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[alfredo]

1. We used to call them rabbit punches.

[rocktivity]

3. Haven't heard that term that since grade school

Rabbit punches are illegal in boxing because they hit the part of the back of the head that isn't protected by the skull.


rocktivity

[alfredo]

4. But in street fights, they were essential.

[Recursion]

6. I thought that was to the kidneys? (nt)

[alfredo]

10. That will take the wind out of your sails.

[Archae]

2. Howard Cossell's last years of life were devoted to one cause...

Ending the "sport" of boxing.

He saw what it did to his good friend Muhammed Ali.

The object is to hit the other person, in the chest or head.

We no longer have legal dog fights, "bear bating," (chaining a bear to a yard and letting dogs tear at it,) or gladiatorial matches to the death.
It's past time boxing should simply die out.

[alfredo]

5. Along with football. I like football, but it is just too dangerous.

[Recursion]

7. It doesn't need to be, though: rugby has an order of magnitude fewer brain injuries

And helmets are still optional. In fact, some sports medicine experts say that's exactly the problem: the widespread use of protective equipment in gridiron football leads athletes to take chances they shouldn't.

[alfredo]

11. I've heard that too.

A hard shell on the head makes a handy weapon.

[AngryAmish]

8. What caused him to stop was the beating Tex Cobb took from Larry Holmes

Tex Cobb, the biker from Raising Arizona.

[DebJ]

9. I have never, ever been able to comprehend that some people want to watch two other

people trying to injure each other. I feel just as stunned about this concept today as I did the first time
I heard of it as a child. Just boggles my mind.

[alfredo]

12. It's been with us throughout human history. Brutal

[snooper2]

13. FIGHT!

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