Johnson bleeding on brain

[FibreOptic]

Johnson's corner should have stopped that fight long before the ref. He took a beating from the second round until the eleventh.

What the hell was his corner thinking? Did they really think he could win at that point? It should have been stopped at least three rounds earlier.

[restless_438]

as much bitching i did about the ppv costing too much.. i payed my $50 for Barrera and his accuracy. But on the subject, yeah i watched the fight and someone, be it the corner, ref, or commission should have stopped the fight maybe 3 rounds earlier instead of waiting. he took so tremendous punishment and my prayers are with him and his family. This is never good news in our sport.

[Manny_P]

I hope ta best fo Lavender Johnson. I mean, shyt, we all should!

[thekidd]

As a boxer (I don't know if you are or not, but you must NOT be), it's not right at all to make the smallest type of joke about Johnson's condition... What goes around comes around.. and I find it hard to believe that your a serious fighter if your making a joke about this subject...

[Foldem4me]

His condition is being described as very grave

People were yelling from the audience for the fight to be stopped. Seems he took well over 20 unanswered punches to the head in the 11th.

I hope he makes it. Unfortunately, it's looking rather bad as he's still in critical condition. He's getting a ton of prayers. I hope he pulls through.

``He's not in good shape,'' Lou DiBella said.

He fought like a warrior. Great heart.

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damn that really sucks.. I hope he makes it out well and healthy.

Prayers to him and his family.

[Pac Man Fan 83]

This really sucks and will be another black eye for our sport.

Thoughts are with him.

[Prostitroop]

And you know what's also ****ed up? check out this cnn sports page.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/

What's the first article under top stories? Yep you guessed it. And the article itself is bigger than any other boxing article in a long time. Hell, the picture is even bigger. Boxing never headlines any article, unless it's negative. It's not exactly front page material, but it's bigger than any other boxing news on general sports papers/sites

That just goes to say that the only news boxing makes is negative news.

Let's all hope the mans pulls through

[Foldem4me]

You're right. This will be the headline for some time to come. You know how some lawyers make a carreer out of one case; well i'm sure there will be at least one reporter or organization who will take this injury with Johnson and try and smear it in the face of boxing. We all love a great fight, a knock out but really, what the hell was the ref doing? And Johnsons corner? I believe firmly that the fight should have been stopped well before the 11th. I know the Dr. spoke to Johnson between rounds and Johnson seemed fine but that's all irrelevant now.

[Pac Man Fan 83]

I didn't even see the fight and I knew it should be stoped based on what I read various places online during the fight.

Isn't Tony Weeks pretty polished too?