Magomed Abdusalamov: Latest News, Articles & Breaking Stories

Zepeda-Baranchyk, Fury, Lopez, Alvarez Among 2020 BWAA Awards Nominees

•5 years ago

Even with fewer categories this year, three previous honorees are in the hunt to repeat in the year-end awards. Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, Eddy Reynoso and Keith Connolly are among the 2019 year-end recipients who have made their way back to the ballot among the nominees announced for the 2020 Boxing Writers Associations of America (BWAA) awards. Just five categories will be featured for this year’s awards, with the list of nominees formally announced by the organization on Monday.

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Magomed Abdusalamov - Book Being Written, Motion Picture Offers Being Made

BoxingScene Staff

•5 years ago

Retired Russian boxer Magomed Abdusalamov is potentially going to be the subject of a film being produced in the United States, according to a very close friend of the family, Surkhay Sungurov. At the moment, there is a book being put together about the life of Abdusalamov.

Magomed Abdusalamov Litigation Ends in Settlement

Thomas Hauser

•6 years ago

The litigation that began when Magomed Abdusalamov suffered life-altering brain damage during a November 2, 2013, fight at Madison Square Garden has come to an end. In 2017, the State of New York, which was responsible for overseeing the fight, agreed to pay $22 million to Adbusalamov and his family after almost four years of litigation that alleged substandard New York State Athletic Commission medical protocols and claimed that even these protocols were poorly implemented. But the case against referee Benjy Esteves and three NYSAC ring doctors remained.

Magomed's Legal Team Want More Safety Measures For Fighters

Random Hits

•8 years ago

New York, NY – Edelstein, Faegenburg & Brown LLP, a leading personal injury law firm, has called a press conference in front of Madison Square Garden at on Monday, calling for increased safety measures in Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) to protect fighters on the heels of New York State’s largest personal injury settlement awarded to heavyweight boxer Magomed Abdusalamov.

NYS Settles to Pay $22 Million to Magomed Abdulsalamov, Family

Keith Idec

•8 years ago

A judge approved a settlement agreement Friday through which New York State has agreed to pay $22 million to the family of injured boxer Magomed Abdulsalamov. ESPN.com reported that Court of Claims judge Jeanette Rodriguez-Morick signed off Friday on what is believed to be the largest personal injury settlement the state of New York ever has agreed to pay. The family of Abdulsalamov filed a lawsuit that accused the New York State Athletic Commission, its staff and doctors of gross negligence, medical malpractice and recklessness after the heavyweight suffered brain damage from a 10-round, unanimous-decision defeat to Mike Perez in November 2013 in The Theater at Madison Square Garden.

NYSAC Under Fire After State Investigation Into Magomed Claims

BoxingScene Staff

•9 years ago

An investigation launched by New York's inspector general after a pro fighter suffered nearly fatal injuries concluded the state boxing commission was plagued by deficient practices, limited oversight and conflicts of interest. Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott said her office's probe into the New York State Athletic Commission was prompted by the severe brain injuries and poor post-fight treatment suffered by heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov in 2013 at Madison Square Garden.

Photo: Alexander Povetkin, Andrei Ryabinsky Visit Magomed

Boxing Photos

•10 years ago

During their recent visit to the United States, Olympic gold medal winner Alexander Povetkin and his promoter Andrei Ryabinsky of World of Boxing, took time to visit recovering fighter, Magomed Abdusalamov.

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New York Blames Abdusalamov’s Team for His Condition

David P. Greisman

•10 years ago

More than a year and a half has passed since Magomed Abdusalamov lost to Mike Perez, a fight that left him in a coma and has rendered him partially paralyzed and forever changed. There have been multiple battles going on since then. Abdusalamov struggles to live in a markedly diminished capacity. His family, particularly his wife, struggles to care for him and for their children. And then there is the legal battle. An attorney representing Abdusalamov had filed a lawsuit against the New York State Athletic Commission, alleging that the commission’s physicians had failed to properly diagnose the brain injury he suffered in 10 rounds against Perez while examining him after the bout, and that they had not sent him to the hospital via ambulance even after his condition was worsening.

Algieri Admits He Nearly Quit After Magomed Tragedy

BoxingScene Staff

•11 years ago

Chris Algieri will complete a rags-to-riches ‘real-life Rocky' story when he fights Manny Pacquiao this weekend. A year ago, on November 2, he nearly quit boxing. The would-be doctor from Long Island, New York, had just watched heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov almost die in the Madison Square Garden ring against Mike Perez. Abdusalamov, a Russian, went ten gruelling rounds with Perez, suffering fractures to his cheekbones and hands. The next day he was in a coma after emergency surgery to remove a blood clot on the brain.

Photo: Magomed, A Year Later, Continues To Improve

Bill Kozloff

•11 years ago

Almost exactly one year ago, Magomed Abdusalamov was an undefeated heavyweight puncher from Russia who stepped in the ring at New York's Madison Square Garden to trade punches with fellow unbeaten Mike Perez. Magomed lost on points and took a lot of damage from a very brutal bout. The boxer suffered a brain bleed, which led to emergency surgery. Magomed was fighting for his life as he was laying in a coma, on life support, for an extended period of time. He eventually woke up from the coma, but his senses and physical functions were severely affected.