Author Topic: Patrick Day RIP (Read 9334 times)

che · « **on:** October 16, 2019, 04:14:53 PM »

I think it's time to ban boxing

Boxer Patrick Day died Wednesday after suffering a traumatic brain injury Saturday night during a bout in Chicago. He was 27.

Day was hospitalized and in "extremely critical condition" Saturday night after he was knocked out by Charles Conwell in the 10th round of their USBA super welterweight title fight. Day was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and underwent emergency surgery. He lapsed into a coma and never regained consciousness.

His promoter, Lou DiBella, announced Day's death in a statement Wednesday afternoon, saying the boxer was surrounded by his family, friends and members of his boxing team.

The statement read: "Patrick Day didn't need to box. He came from a good family, he was smart, educated, had good values and had other avenues available to him to earn a living. He chose to box, knowing the inherent risks that every fighter faces when he or she walks into a boxing ring. Boxing is what Pat loved to do. It's how he inspired people and it was something that made him feel alive."

wes · « **Reply #1 on:** October 16, 2019, 04:17:32 PM »

Total shame,and I saw a video where Conwell is all fucked up mentally over it.

Very sad situation.

RIP CHAMP

joswift · « **Reply #2 on:** October 16, 2019, 04:25:12 PM »

may as well ban all contact sports, someone s always bound to get hurt

che · « **Reply #3 on:** October 16, 2019, 04:27:06 PM »

Quote from: wes on October 16, 2019, 04:17:32 PM

Total shame,and I saw a video where Conwell is all fucked up mentally over it.

Very sad situation.

RIP CHAMP

This is 3 in the last 4 months

AbrahamG · « **Reply #4 on:** October 16, 2019, 04:40:52 PM »

Heart breaking. Absolutely heart breaking.

wes · « **Reply #5 on:** October 16, 2019, 04:42:45 PM »

Quote from: che on October 16, 2019, 04:27:06 PM

This is 3 in the last 4 months

Dudes are dropping like flies lately in boxing.

Voice of Doom · « **Reply #6 on:** October 16, 2019, 05:26:44 PM »

People die all the time. no one forced him into the ring. He knew the risks.

oldtimer1 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 16, 2019, 06:12:19 PM »

A knock out is a brain injury concussion. So many fighters in their later years have brain damage. I only had five fights in the ring and decided I wanted to remain pretty. Aside from a crooked nose I think I achieved that. Now as I age I want nothing to do with fighting. My one daughter is married to a guy that competes in jui jitsu and my other daughter is engaged to a a purple belt in BJJ. Both guys want me to go to their dojo because I'm a fan watching of UFC and trained in BJJ many years ago. At this point in my life I don't want to roll on mats with smelly guys anymore.

hardgainerj · « **Reply #8 on:** October 16, 2019, 08:01:45 PM »

Quote from: oldtimer1 on October 16, 2019, 06:12:19 PM

A knock out is a brain injury concussion. So many fighters in their later years have brain damage. I only had five fights in the ring and decided I wanted to remain pretty. Aside from a crooked nose I think I achieved that. Now as I age I want nothing to do with fighting. My one daughter is married to a guy that competes in jui jitsu and my other daughter is engaged to a a purple belt in BJJ. Both guys want me to go to their dojo because I'm a fan watching of UFC and trained in BJJ many years ago. At this point in my life I don't want to roll on mats with smelly guys anymore.

theres a bjj pro who claims he was never the same after he was choked out

AbrahamG · « **Reply #9 on:** October 16, 2019, 08:02:54 PM »

Quote from: hardgainerj on October 16, 2019, 08:01:45 PM

theres a bj pro who claims he was never the same after he was choked out

Sucking cock is a dangerous endeavor.

Disgusted · « **Reply #10 on:** October 17, 2019, 12:58:35 AM »

Hit his head pretty hard on the ring floor.

pellius · « **Reply #11 on:** October 17, 2019, 01:35:04 AM »

Doesn't seem like it was anything that could have been avoided. The refs have a tough job. If they stop it too early they get bashed.

I cringe when I see someone in MMA crumble to the mat and goes limp after taking it on the button and the other fighter still pouches on him and starts raining down hammer fists of his face until the ref has to literally dive on the other fighter to stop it. Taking just one or two of those hammer fist when you are already unconscious and defenseless is just asking for trouble.

Big Tex C*ckburn, PhD · « **Reply #12 on:** October 17, 2019, 02:40:27 AM »

I was offered to turn professional when I was younger and for various reasons decided against it. I hated everything about boxing apart from the training and competing side of it, which I still miss. There's just no denying that it's an incredibly stupid thing to do unless there's significant financial reward to justify the risk. The possibility of suffering severe brain damage always scared me.

falco · « **Reply #13 on:** October 17, 2019, 02:50:19 AM »

Quote from: AbrahamG on October 16, 2019, 08:02:54 PM

Sucking cock is a dangerous endeavor.

Hahahahahahahaha!

Randomum · « **Reply #14 on:** October 17, 2019, 04:08:17 AM »

Quote from: Disgusted on October 17, 2019, 12:58:35 AM

Hit his head pretty hard on the ring floor.

The thing that killed him was the fall. He was out cold immediately after the shot. Poor guy. I wonder if they could instruct refs to hold them up if they see something like that happen. He did get a sustained beating and had multiple knockdowns in that fight so we will never know.

In all honesty though Day had poor defense and no power whoever encouraged him to continue boxing was lying to him golden glove win or not. He was also fighting a much more talented guy, he was put in there as canon fodder with a small chance to win.

Humble Narcissist · « **Reply #15 on:** October 17, 2019, 04:14:02 AM »

Quote from: AbrahamG on October 16, 2019, 08:02:54 PM

Sucking cock is a dangerous endeavor.

rocket · « **Reply #16 on:** October 17, 2019, 05:49:15 AM »

Quote from: che on October 16, 2019, 04:14:53 PM

I think it's time to ban boxing

I think if you're absolutely serious about that (and I suspect you probably haven't thought about it and are maybe not), if you are.. you're one of these knee jerk reacting, selfish wankers who practically live for being outraged, trying their best to stick their fucking nose everywhere, going around making decisions for grown adults.

You know the type. One or a few people die and despite the incredibly low odds of someone dying (when amount of participation is taken into account) they act like that means nobody on earth should be doing it

I don't take any joy in seeing that some guy died in a boxing ring, but if I were a boxer, I sure as hell wouldn't want my misfortune colouring the sport, in general.

Newsflash: Sport where goal is to knock opponent out, opponent is knocked out.

chev chelios · « **Reply #17 on:** October 17, 2019, 11:06:47 AM »

For every life that is lost because of boxing, you do not here of the many thousands of life’s that are saved because of boxing.

wes · « **Reply #18 on:** October 17, 2019, 12:05:16 PM »

Quote from: chev chelios on October 17, 2019, 11:06:47 AM

For every life that is lost because of boxing, you do not here of the many thousands of life’s that are saved because of boxing.

Good post.

joswift · « **Reply #19 on:** October 17, 2019, 12:54:02 PM »

ESFitness · « **Reply #20 on:** October 17, 2019, 01:43:22 PM »

Quote from: hardgainerj on October 16, 2019, 08:01:45 PM

theres a bjj pro who claims he was never the same after he was choked out

That's nonsense. Unless the dude held the choke way to long and deprived the brain of oxygen, that's just nonsense. Being choked out is nothing. You just feel like you're looking up at a rabbit-hole that closes in, and you can usually hear what's going on and don't even know you've been choked out. Even if the guy holds the choke too long, he'll likely get tired and loosen up and you may 'come to' still in the chokehold without anybody realizing you've been out... Anyways you just wake up like nothing happened.

joswift · « **Reply #21 on:** October 17, 2019, 02:14:09 PM »

Quote from: ESFitness on October 17, 2019, 01:43:22 PM

That's nonsense. Unless the dude held the choke way to long and deprived the brain of oxygen, that's just nonsense. Being choked out is nothing. You just feel like you're looking up at a rabbit-hole that closes in, and you can usually hear what's going on and don't even know you've been choked out. Even if the guy holds the choke too long, he'll likely get tired and loosen up and you may 'come to' still in the chokehold without anybody realizing you've been out... Anyways you just wake up like nothing happened.

yes, it takes a few minures before the brain is affected by lack of oxygen enough to cause permenant damage.

Although the guy may have had underlying issues , bleed on the brain for example and made the wrong connection to that injury and the choke

Disgusted · « **Reply #22 on:** October 17, 2019, 02:47:00 PM »

Quote from: Randomum on October 17, 2019, 04:08:17 AM

The thing that killed him was the fall. He was out cold immediately after the shot. Poor guy. I wonder if they could instruct refs to hold them up if they see something like that happen. He did get a sustained beating and had multiple knockdowns in that fight so we will never know.

In all honesty though Day had poor defense and no power whoever encouraged him to continue boxing was lying to him golden glove win or not. He was also fighting a much more talented guy, he was put in there as canon fodder with a small chance to win.

Yep, if you watch the replay in slow mo you can see his eyes were still there after the last hit. Once his head hit the canvas and bounced back up you can see is eyes rolling back already. Looks like he went into a seizure immediately.

wes · « **Reply #23 on:** October 17, 2019, 02:58:40 PM »

I was on YouTube and someone said that Day didn`t have to be a boxer because he was poor or anything,he just loved boxing.

He was a college graduate,and his father is a doctor and his mother works for the U.N.

Fucking shame.

pellius · « **Reply #24 on:** October 18, 2019, 02:00:26 AM »

Quote from: rocket on October 17, 2019, 05:49:15 AM

I think if you're absolutely serious about that (and I suspect you probably haven't thought about it and are maybe not), if you are.. you're one of these knee jerk reacting, selfish wankers who practically live for being outraged, trying their best to stick their fucking nose everywhere, going around making decisions for grown adults.

You know the type. One or a few people die and despite the incredibly low odds of someone dying (when amount of participation is taken into account) they act like that means nobody on earth should be doing it

I don't take any joy in seeing that some guy died in a boxing ring, but if I were a boxer, I sure as hell wouldn't want my misfortune colouring the sport, in general.

Newsflash: Sport where goal is to knock opponent out, opponent is knocked out.

I'm pretty sure he was being facetious and mocking the current trend today I'm wanting to ban everything that they don't like.

Che boxed at a high level.