https://twitter.com/MikeCoppinger/status/1427737164775837704?s=20
Wow, so it was a retinal detachment. That's the injury that has killed plenty of careers or impacted them in big ways. I think there is a solid chance he never returns to the ring, or if he does, it is after a long break.
Best wishes to him and his family!
My question is when did this happen? How? They seem pretty tight-lipped about that.
We still don’t even know what he’s got. Is it a tear, or a detachment? The information is all over the place. Bennet basically just said “he’s got a detachment, or a break/tear, or somesht, I wasn’t paying attention”. I think it’s a little late for the surgeon’s words. Now we just wait for when Spence is expecting to come back. The wbc let him keep his belt, so I’d imagine not long.
NSAC is trash overall no doubt, but they probably just saved this man from going blind from one eye. He's obviously depressed right now losing out on a dream match up, but it could have ended ugly for him. Heck, even in sparring he could have been badly damaged in the eye.
What I'm curious about is if this happened post Danny Garcia fight or before it? if before it, and presumably from the crash, how TF did the Texas commission clear him?
Bro, you just answered your own question! Lol
Unfortunately some fighters are born dumb......he started hanging about at post fight parties and acting up with other haymon goons then it progressed ....got behind the wheel more than drunk and was lucky he never killed somebody or lost his life and got away from prison time......this is all on spence and him wasting such a promising career and now his career is pretty much over.
all the other haymonites are loose cannons , broner , tank ,yayo twins charlo etc.....none have discipline to be a great
People like you drug Crawford through the mud cus your girls, Spence, was afraid to fight him
OWN it you weird republican LOL
I really wouldn't be bring up politics atm considering Democrats are pretty much toast atm, gonna lose a massive mid term an with 9/11 20th anniversary around the corner and Biden's utter failure (i mean the man went against his own teams advice an pretty much said we out fam). He looks like a ghost his own MSM has even turned on him.
That's the thing.. I don't know who's at fault in Spence team for neglecting checking his eye sight. I just know when you get in a car crash like that. That's like being beaten down 100x in one night.. Something has got to give.. And some assume one of those is the detached retina..
The weird thing about it. .Why didn't the ophthalmologist of spence notice it before?
I have a friend who is an ophthalmologist. She said, a person should notice it that his eyes have flashes of light or something wrong with it.. That only means Spence hid it..
He didn't care, he wants to fight.. Brave of him yes, but dumb of him not to realize he can get blinded by that dumb action.. Good thing it was spotted..
But the damage has been done.. In the first place, he shouldn't even have signed a fight with Pacquiao. He just gave the boxing world a false hype.. Not cool at all..
He's done.
i've been saying spence and his team knew about it but they were banking on beating pac then they'll take the time off for surgery, etc... they were banking on a win over pac so spence can have leverage over the other WW's when he comes back.
but as the fight got closer, it wasnt looking too good for spence and so they pulled out... because i dont believe that he didnt get a exam done until 11 days out.
these foos making excuses!! when you get into a car accident like that... you still have to go get check-ups... i had a small fender bender and i wasnt even hurt but complained about my back (trying to get some money lol) and i had to go for a doctor's check up, up to a year!! so i dont believe that spence didnt get checked until 11 days from the fight. it just doesnt add up... why would you not get a full exam done on you and waited until 11 days out?
Exactly, they were trying to hide it. Brave of Spence to fight with a detached retina, but dumb of him to even consider fighting with that condition to sacrifice his career. There's so many ways to go with this.. But all leads to Spence being DUMB AF.
Exactly, when you are looking for the biggest payday of your career. You make sure you are ready for war. A fighter should make sure he's 100% fit to fight.
Not knowing this before signing the Pac fight is just wrong and irresponsible of Spence and his team.. Unprofessional of them.
these foos making excuses!! when you get into a car accident like that... you still have to go get check-ups... i had a small fender bender and i wasnt even hurt but complained about my back (trying to get some money lol) and i had to go for a doctor's check up, up to a year!! so i dont believe that spence didnt get checked until 11 days from the fight. it just doesnt add up... why would you not get a full exam done on you and waited until 11 days out?
maybe because he was in a car crash that almost ended his career and is signed to fight manny, the biggest fight in his career???!!!
wouldnt you wanna make sure you are 100% for the biggest fight of your career before you start the heavy training for it?????????????
Exactly, when you are looking for the biggest payday of your career. You make sure you are ready for war. A fighter should make sure he's 100% fit to fight.
Not knowing this before signing the Pac fight is just wrong and irresponsible of Spence and his team.. Unprofessional of them.
I mean we just don't know when it happened. Could have happened from the accident but the scary part is you can have a tear and not really even notice it. So he probably fought Danny and didn't feel anything wrong and went along with this camp and still felt fine.
The doctor helped potentially save his career and more importantly his sight.
That's the thing.. I don't know who's at fault in Spence team for neglecting checking his eye sight. I just know when you get in a car crash like that. That's like being beaten down 100x in one night.. Something has got to give.. And some assume one of those is the detached retina..
The weird thing about it. .Why didn't the ophthalmologist of spence notice it before?
I have a friend who is an ophthalmologist. She said, a person should notice it that his eyes have flashes of light or something wrong with it.. That only means Spence hid it..
He didn't care, he wants to fight.. Brave of him yes, but dumb of him not to realize he can get blinded by that dumb action.. Good thing it was spotted..
But the damage has been done.. In the first place, he shouldn't even have signed a fight with Pacquiao. He just gave the boxing world a false hype.. Not cool at all..
He's done.
maybe because he was in a car crash that almost ended his career and is signed to fight manny, the biggest fight in his career???!!!
wouldnt you wanna make sure you are 100% for the biggest fight of your career before you start the heavy training for it?????????????
You are talking about Spence specifically here, but I'm talking about just fighters in general. And maybe Spence felt fine after the Danny fight and didn't get go to the doctor.....Even if he did, no guarantee he got an eye exam done.
I only mentioned Mikey because you mentioned Mikey....That fight took place before the accident.
They do not do thorough exams after a fight unless the fighter is badly injured. And if the doctor did see Spence's eye is damaged after the Danny fight? Then he would have been suspended by the commission for a certain amount of time. So to play devil's advocate, if he passed the exam before and after the Danny fight, wouldn't that mean he didn't suffer an injury during the accident? Since the accident took place before the Danny fight?
But why would he need to have an exam before the fight? Again, fighters only get exams done a week or two prior to the fight. And after the fight? Unless they feel they are damaged or something is wrong with them? They do not get any exams done.
There are plenty of possibilities of when Spence injured his eye. Could he have injured his eye from the accident and it get worse from the Danny fight? Sure, could it have been worsened by the sparring that took place before the Manny fight? Sure, we just don't know.
maybe because he was in a car crash that almost ended his career and is signed to fight manny, the biggest fight in his career???!!!
wouldnt you wanna make sure you are 100% for the biggest fight of your career before you start the heavy training for it?????????????
yes, i believe it happened during the accident, look at the photos from the crash, look at his face!!!... but you said it could have happened during the mikey fight or the danny fight...
i am pointing out to you that so spence didnt do any pre-post doctor's exam for the mikey or danny fight?? because it would have been caught during that time...
so then he sign to fight manny, the biggest fight of his career so far.... and he didnt bother to get a pre-exam to see if he's healthy??? so he started training camp, trained all the way until 11 days from the fight and then decided that he need to go get a check up??? the timing is off brah.... something is not adding up here.....
I only mentioned Mikey because you mentioned Mikey....That fight took place before the accident.
They do not do thorough exams after a fight unless the fighter is badly injured. And if the doctor did see Spence's eye is damaged after the Danny fight? Then he would have been suspended by the commission for a certain amount of time. So to play devil's advocate, if he passed the exam before and after the Danny fight, wouldn't that mean he didn't suffer an injury during the accident? Since the accident took place before the Danny fight?
But why would he need to have an exam before the fight? Again, fighters only get exams done a week or two prior to the fight. And after the fight? Unless they feel they are damaged or something is wrong with them? They do not get any exams done.
There are plenty of possibilities of when Spence injured his eye. Could he have injured his eye from the accident and it get worse from the Danny fight? Sure, could it have been worsened by the sparring that took place before the Manny fight? Sure, we just don't know.
What? You responded to my post a page prior saying this happened during the accident and I said while that is certainly possible, there is no guarantee that's how he suffered his injury. Other fighters have had the same injury as Spence and they got it without being in an accident. This is boxing, when you get hit in the head, face etc, you can suffer injuries.
What I'm telling you is that he maybe didn't even realize he had any issues with the eye since he fought Danny and sparred all camp before this fight....And this all occurred after the accident. And to your question regarding a doctor's exam? Well no, why would he have another eye exam after the Danny fight? If he did and the doctor told him he could not fight, then he wouldn't have even gotten the Manny fight in the first place....Fighters only get these exams before their fights and every commission does their own types of tests.
yes, i believe it happened during the accident, look at the photos from the crash, look at his face!!!... but you said it could have happened during the mikey fight or the danny fight...
i am pointing out to you that so spence didnt do any pre-post doctor's exam for the mikey or danny fight?? because it would have been caught during that time...
so then he sign to fight manny, the biggest fight of his career so far.... and he didnt bother to get a pre-exam to see if he's healthy??? so he started training camp, trained all the way until 11 days from the fight and then decided that he need to go get a check up??? the timing is off brah.... something is not adding up here.....
so you are telling me he got an eye exam for the danny fight but the damaged wasnt there yet? but you said he could have got it in the mikey fight... so pre exam for the danny fight shows nothing and post exam shows nothing???
then when he signed to fight manny, there was no exam done on him until 11 days from the fight?????? so he trained for the manny fight without any doctor's exam and then 11 days from the fight he decided maybe he needs one now? something is not adding up here! it's common sense!
What? You responded to my post a page prior saying this happened during the accident and I said while that is certainly possible, there is no guarantee that's how he suffered his injury. Other fighters have had the same injury as Spence and they got it without being in an accident. This is boxing, when you get hit in the head, face etc, you can suffer injuries.
What I'm telling you is that he maybe didn't even realize he had any issues with the eye since he fought Danny and sparred all camp before this fight....And this all occurred after the accident. And to your question regarding a doctor's exam? Well no, why would he have another eye exam after the Danny fight? If he did and the doctor told him he could not fight, then he wouldn't have even gotten the Manny fight in the first place....Fighters only get these exams before their fights and every commission does their own types of tests.
I don't know what you mean here? When did I say he didn't get an eye exam for Danny? All I'm saying is the accident could have caused this injury or it could have been the fight vs Danny or the sparring that proceeded it. Also, Nevada is a more strict eye exam than other states. So IF he did get this injury from the car accident, it is possible he wouldn't have passed the eye exam to fight Danny if the fight took place in Nevada instead of Texas. Or maybe he did suffer the injury afterwards and still would have failed the eye exam regardless of where it took place.
We just don't know, that's all.
spence fought danny end of 2020.. he didnt get the pac fight until mid 2021... so from dec 2020 until aug 2021, he didnt bother to get a check up even after a car crash like that... so he signs to fight the biggest fight in his career at this moment and never bother to get a pre exam done to see if he's healthy since this is the biggest fight of his career.... then 11 days out and he decided that he needs one now?
I don't know what you mean here? When did I say he didn't get an eye exam for Danny? All I'm saying is the accident could have caused this injury or it could have been the fight vs Danny or the sparring that proceeded it. Also, Nevada is a more strict eye exam than other states. So IF he did get this injury from the car accident, it is possible he wouldn't have passed the eye exam to fight Danny if the fight took place in Nevada instead of Texas. Or maybe he did suffer the injury afterwards and still would have failed the eye exam regardless of where it took place.
We just don't know, that's all.
so you are telling me he got an eye exam for the danny fight but the damaged wasnt there yet? but you said he could have got it in the mikey fight... so pre exam for the danny fight shows nothing and post exam shows nothing???
then when he signed to fight manny, there was no exam done on him until 11 days from the fight?????? so he trained for the manny fight without any doctor's exam and then 11 days from the fight he decided maybe he needs one now? something is not adding up here! it's common sense!
yes!! but like i said, the injury was there already! you dont suffer this type of damaged in sparring with full head gear on... you might make it worst, yes... which is likely the case here. like i said, you really think he never had a doctor's exam done on him since the danny fight?????? and 11 days out from the pac fight, he finally gets a doctor's exam done on him?? come on now...
I don't know what you mean here? When did I say he didn't get an eye exam for Danny? All I'm saying is the accident could have caused this injury or it could have been the fight vs Danny or the sparring that proceeded it. Also, Nevada is a more strict eye exam than other states. So IF he did get this injury from the car accident, it is possible he wouldn't have passed the eye exam to fight Danny if the fight took place in Nevada instead of Texas. Or maybe he did suffer the injury afterwards and still would have failed the eye exam regardless of where it took place.
We just don't know, that's all.