Comments Thread For: “Fighting Words” – How Dirrell Fell and Conspiracies Flew

[Pullcounter]

dirrell just made a joke out of showtime and boxing. A sissy fighter with no fans or following tries to run boxing and determines who and when he fights. dirrell is boxing's joke and a disgrace to himself and boxing. ban the bum forever.

honestly I think haymon might be behind this if he's faking it.

[Mr. David]

I love how there's now this mystique about Al Haymon, a guy that so many know so little about, other than that he represents a bunch of boxers, that he has a lot of sway at the networks (particularly HBO), and that he's gotten his guys paid far more money than they deserve.

But beyond that, people make him out to be Keyser Soze. Heck, it might be true, but there's nothing to these thoughts but, "Hm, I bet..."

[Dave Rado]

Nice effort.

Still a concussion will cause the same concerns as other neurological issues.

As far as sprains go they usually heal within a relative short timeframe and can IMO not warrant for a complete withdrawal as was the case with Dirrells neurological disorder.

As Lorily said, the obvious injury to cite if he just wanted to get out of the Super 6 would have been a back injury. They are almost impossible to prove if a patient is lying, and can last days, weeks, months or years. And it would not cause anything like the problems with the commissions that a neurological disorder will cause.

[mathed]

Poor Dirrell....career over, maybe he can move to acting or something. He should take some classes first though because he isn't very good at it right now

[mathed]

and the head trauma thing is much better than a back issue for faking. Tests would show herniated discs, injured muscles, inflamed joints, etc. The head tests could show nothing and it would go labeled as some mysterious condition like epilepsy or migraine headaches which aren't going to be detectable on a test such as a catscan. All the docs have to go on is Dirrell's word...it could just be something psychological and they would have to believe him and take him for his word rather than risk his health.

[Crazylegs77]

Wrong injury choice for team Dirrell look at Joe Mesi he could never get approved to fight for years after his brain injury...

[Dave Rado]

and the head trauma thing is much better than a back issue for faking. Tests would show herniated discs, injured muscles, inflamed joints, etc.

Lots of back injuries are not detectable in any tests, assuming the person is a good actor.

[mathed]

Lots of back injuries are not detectable in any tests.

I would imagine the ones that would plague a person for more than 6 months should be....injuries of the spine. Most swollen, irritated muscles should not be an issue for half a year. I'm no doctor of course but everytime I hear of someone complaining about a long term back issue, it is always an issue with their spine. Head stuff is hard to detect unless there is brain swelling, bleeding, or a dense pocket such as a tumor.

[fastblack]

fastblack

the great thing is boxing doesn't need a person like dirrell or ward. girly men who back out of fights and play games get left behind and since there are no fans involved there is no popularity or demand for their sissy style of patty cake fighting. Good riddance now go to barber college.

[antrob]

I love how there's now this mystique about Al Haymon, a guy that so many know so little about, other than that he represents a bunch of boxers, that he has a lot of sway at the networks (particularly HBO), and that he's gotten his guys paid far more money than they deserve.

But beyond that, people make him out to be Keyser Soze. Heck, it might be true, but there's nothing to these thoughts but, "Hm, I bet..."

In Steve Kim's article on Friday he said the sport would be better off if the networks didn't deal with Al Haymon no more