Comments Thread For: Frankie Leal Passes Away After Knockout Defeat

[cabalas]

Very sad about this. I mentioned about Leal getting into a comma last Saturday and I did it in the thread were some people were criticizing Alvarado's decision to stop after Mike had given all and it was very dangerous to continue. I hope the keyboard warriors consider how dangerous boxing can be and stop using the damn word "quitter". Just remember that boxers are also human beings with families and dreams trying to make an honest living and many times they are risking their health and lives.

[lebrick]

RIP...

these warriors deserve respect..

[ralph22]

In the past 4 years ive seen this hapend twice nazareth now leal both feel the same way after fight thats why when we saw pacquiao laid down for almost a minute it was scary this is not the first time this has hapend sadly it wont be the last its boxing

[mathed]

Man, that's sad to hear. See, now you see why a guy throwing in the towel to save himself from additional punishment after already taking a beating isn't a bad idea. The "fans" criticize a guy for looking out for his own health and call him a coward when one extra punch could be the last one.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Horrible news.

RIP Frankie.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Man, that's sad to hear. See, now you see why a guy throwing in the towel to save himself from additional punishment after already taking a beating isn't a bad idea. The "fans" criticize a guy for looking out for his own health and call him a coward when one extra punch could be the last one.

I don't know the circumstances of Frankie's last fight, but I agree with you completely, Math. This is a dangerous sport. Every now and then we're reminded of the ultimate consequences...and that's not to speak of the countless former boxers walking around with irreparable brain damage.

[kardsufur]

I think dehydration can have profound effects on the brain, so cutting major weight would most likely increase any damage sustained.

Damn shame

The question though is why are lower weight guys dehydrated more? In theory they shouldn't be. Every single weight class has to make weight (other than heavyweights) so why would lower weight classes be more pressured to dehydrate?

[amayseng]

what a horrible tragedy.

Hirales looked like he saw a ghost as he was looking on at how Leal became
unresponsive in the corner.

so unfortunate

[kardsufur]

In the past 4 years ive seen this hapend twice nazareth now leal both feel the same way after fight thats why when we saw pacquiao laid down for almost a minute it was scary this is not the first time this has hapend sadly it wont be the last its boxing

It's actually happened much more often, you just don't hear about the little unheard of guys. Earlier this year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FGyiiziM1s this 17 year old pro boxer died http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Fight:1772799 and I think just this past month or a month or two ago some other Thai or Malaysian boxer died as well. Honestly there are many boxer deaths per year, you just don't hear most of them cus they're unheard of guys like the above

[Kuyukut]

This kind of news really makes me sad. Even I don't know him personally, I felt like I lost one of my best friends.

RIP Frankie Leal