Brook confirms broke eye socket - After CT scan.

[Chrismart]

Damn that sucks. Not once but twice..and different eyes !
It doesn't bode well for his mind-set going into future fights.

That's why i didn't want to criticize him last night. The operation he had sounded a pretty grim one, and he was told he could of went blind had the fight gone on longer. Then the same thing happens again..i can't hold it against him for quitting. Your sight is more important.
I mean, he fought something like 3 rounds with a broken orbital against GGG, then 4 against Spence with the same kind of injury. Those guys punch hard and accurate too boot.

That's why i thought Bellew was jumping the gun a little last night. There was another interview where he said stuff along the lines of he wouldn't of quit because he hasn't got it in him, and he's cut from a different cloth.
Lot's of fighters say the same, Brook would of said the same if you asked him back before the GGG fight.
But until you are in the ring dealing with that, being hit on an eye socket that broken, for the 2nd fight on the spin, after being warned previously about your eye sight..then it's easy to say.

[bigfo0t]

http://www.skysports.com/brook/news/34037/10896082/1

"Speaking to Sky Sports News HQ, Brook said: "They kept me in until about 3am. I had a CT scan on my eye and the eye is broken again, same as the Golovkin one, so, maybe surgery again."

So, wtf is really going on here? People confusing which eye?

[Thraxox]

I think he's lying --- both times. Broken orbitals comes with massive swelling.

This is what a fractured orbital look like:



or

Those are called Hematomas.

[SkillspayBills]

What are the odds you get both of your eyes sockets broken back to back? I hope they find the video of the exact punch that cracked it.

[tokon]

Once a quitter, always a quitter.

Brook saw a way out and took it.

[bigdunny1]

"I should've known way back when... You know why...? Because of the kids. They called me Mr Glass"

That's Brook.

[The Time]

Dang this dude has some fragile eye sockets. Two fights, two broken eye sockets.

I didn't want to jump the gun on Brook yesterday until I knew the extent of his injury.

So clearly he had Triple G flashbacks regarding his eye. I can't say I blame him. I'm sure he doesn't want to go blind. I'll give Brook a pass on this one.

It sucks, it's unfortunate that this happened again, but it is what it is.

[The Time]

Damn that sucks. Not once but twice..and different eyes !
It doesn't bode well for his mind-set going into future fights.

That's why i didn't want to criticize him last night. The operation he had sounded a pretty grim one, and he was told he could of went blind had the fight gone on longer. Then the same thing happens again..i can't hold it against him for quitting. Your sight is more important.
I mean, he fought something like 3 rounds with a broken orbital against GGG, then 4 against Spence with the same kind of injury. Those guys punch hard and accurate too boot.

That's why i thought Bellew was jumping the gun a little last night. There was another interview where he said stuff along the lines of he wouldn't of quit because he hasn't got it in him, and he's cut from a different cloth.
Lot's of fighters say the same, Brook would of said the same if you asked him back before the GGG fight.
But until you are in the ring dealing with that, being hit on an eye socket that broken, for the 2nd fight on the spin, after being warned previously about your eye sight..then it's easy to say.

Good post. I completely agree

[Derranged]

Poor guy. Hope he invests wisely..

[Floyd is TBE]

I don't believe it. Show us the receipts or I won't accept it. His eye does not look that bad, just looks a little swollen. I think he's trying to save face after he quit in front of thousands of his hometown fans over a little swelling