Comments Thread For: Magomed Abdusalamov in Serious Condition in ICU

[ИATAS]

The Thomas Hauser article says



Even though Sampson is Mago's promoter, it sounds like K2 was in charge of the entire card since it was their date instead of doing a co-promotion.

Thanks.

I know it varies state to state, but what is considered normal insurance policies in boxing in NY? Do we have anything to compare it to, records of other cards and what kind of insurance was purchased, etc.

[toshmurph]

Bad situation. Hopefully K2 and HBO will take care of his medical expenses.

K2, they didn't have any part in the fight! They only co-promoted the main event! This is between HBO and Sampson boxing..

Although I read somewhere that the Russian government has offered to take care of the medical bills, but I could be wrong! Think it was bleacher report

[Guest]

Looks like he had a set back and they put him back on life support.

[Luilun]

Those bills have to be insane though. Maybe they don't have the money.

I can't imagine that stuff being less than 2k a day for what they are doing and what they've done.

2k a day hospitals charge 2k a day for toilet paper

[Enzo Mc is SHIT]

Do people recover from a vegetative state? I'm not sure that they do. I hope I'm wrong but this really sounds like the end.

[DannYankee]

Do people recover from a vegetative state? I'm not sure that they do. I hope I'm wrong but this really sounds like the end.

Yes but it depends if it is a persistent vegetative state then they give him a year, and if after a year he hasn't improved at all becomes a permanent vegetative state, I would say myself that it is a minimally conscious state which he is in at this time since they said he has an eye open and can move his foot. Unfortunately there is no way of predicting whether someone will recover at all.


Tough as nails tho he was counted out for dead, I have hope he will recover but still It's going to be a long process but that would be the best case scenario.

[Citizen Koba]

Thanks.

I know it varies state to state, but what is considered normal insurance policies in boxing in NY? Do we have anything to compare it to, records of other cards and what kind of insurance was purchased, etc.

There's a good article 'bout it. It varies from state to state but I think Mago's injury insurance was about $10k which gets him not much more than an MRI and initial care.

The **** is messed up...

http://www.boxingscene.com/magomed-abdusalamov-dark-side-boxing--71949

^ Really good read about the 'sweet' science and what happens to the guys who entertain us when **** goes wrong.

Yeah just reread the article - $10K - no death benefit.

[Citizen Koba]

Do people recover from a vegetative state? I'm not sure that they do. I hope I'm wrong but this really sounds like the end.

I think it's called a persistent vegetative state or summin' if it's longer term. Also induced comas can be used to ease complex treatment and allow the body to recover - I was put in one a few years back after near fatal pneumonia. Sometimes it can be difficult to revive the patient (as in my case). It's way too early to be sure yet, and there's still hope.

Best wishes and god bless you Mago and family.

[CubanGuyNYC]

(Here's what ESPN's Dan Rafael reported about Magomed on 11/22/13.)

Magomed Abdusalamov Out of Coma

Injured heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov was brought out of a medically induced coma on Friday and was breathing on his own, promoter Nathan Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing told ESPN.com.

The 32-year-old Abdusalamov, a married father of three young daughters, had been in a medically induced coma at Roosevelt Hospital in New York since suffering a brain injury and having subsequent surgery to remove a blood clot on Nov. 2, after he lost a 10-round unanimous decision to Mike Perez in a vicious battle at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in a fight nationally televised on HBO.

Abdusalamov, who suffered a stroke shortly after he was put into a coma, had been on life a support machine breathing for him, but he was taken off it on Thursday night when he began breathing on his own, Lewkowicz said.

"He has tubes in his neck still, but he is breathing on his own," Lewkowicz said. "They took him off life support because he started breathing on his own."

And on Friday morning, Lewkowicz said, doctors roused him from his coma, which they had put him in in order to give the swelling on his brain time to subside.

"He's out of the coma, his right eye is open and his right foot is moving, but he is still basically in a vegetative state. I guess that's the best way to put it. It's not like he's up walking around, but he's out of the coma and off the machines, which is a good sign," Lewkowicz said. "It seems like he's progressing slowly, day by day. The fact that he can breath on his own now and not connected to a machine is huge. The fact that the doctors took him out of the coma is huge."

It is unclear whether Abdusalamov can communicate with doctors or if he can see or move his left side.

"He has a long way to go," Lewkowicz said. "How is he going to function? We still don't know."

Initially, doctors had told Adusalamov's family and boxing team that he was going to die before seeing signs that he would survive.

Abdusalamov suffered superficial injuries during the fight, including a broken nose, broken hand, cuts and bruises, but when he began to have a headache and vomited, his team took him to the hospital shortly after the fight. After arriving at the hospital, he had a CT scan, which revealed the blood clot and he was rushed into surgery.

[Enzo Mc is SHIT]

So it seems that this is much better news than it sounded like.