Comments Thread For: Spence Broke Brook's Left Orbital Bone, Surgery a Possibility

[rickJen]

Aside from Margarito, there was Victor Oritz who suffered a broken jaw. There were probably more, but Ortiz was clearly no longer in his element after the Lopez fight. It was clear he was protecting his jaw in the Collazo fight. Same thing in the Berto fight. So it doesn't make sense for these people to resume their career. It's bad for their health and safety, it's bad for the sport.

[AdonisCreed]

Time for him to announce his retirement.

I was thinking the same thing. I don't think the GGG fight was worth the money he got. His career may be done.

[AdonisCreed]

I feel bad for Brook he stepped up in competition and it didn't end well. Hopefully he bounces back.

[PunchyPotorff]

Time for him to announce his retirement.

Ha! Wow, you casuals are so hilarious sometimes. The man's in charge of his career, which BTW isn't over til he says it is. My guess is he takes some months away to recup from surgery, then returns at jr middleweight to test the waters. He's, what, 31? So IOW probably needed to move up before now. But anyway, if he gets the same surgery on this eye, there's really no reason to be concerned. Sports related orthopedics has made super human advances in recent years.

[bluemax]

Looks like Brooks is to delicate to be successful in boxing at this level. He needs to find a safer sport to protect those eyes. Quitting in the last two fights because he got hit in his eye should be a wake up call for him. Maybe try golf.

[Gentblue]

GGG had nothing to do with the eye Spence broke

You could make an argument he did in that Brook was over protective of the right eye that left was left more vulnerable to injury. I give Spence full credit for the win but you can make an argument.

[future hendrixx]

perfect matchup.

[The plunger man]

He should retire.....both eye sockets fractured in his last two fights now and that should tell him something is not right , weak bones or just damn unlucky...up to the 8th round brook was up and actually looking like the stronger guy but spence showed he has a another gear and is relentless in his quest to become a champion...brook should bow out now and spence has the world at his feet

[davef]

As a fan of brook i think he should retire 2 surgeries in a year on both eyes is too much he will never be able to compete at the top again without taking a huge risk with his health but if he has 1 more fight then him vs khan will give him a nice retirement pay off

Anyone else a little disappointed with the level of boxing they showed? I felt neither performed near their best maybe it was a style thing

[PBR Streetgang]

Reading through these discussion threads, I'm convinced the toughest people in the world are members to this site. How many people who would just push through a cracked orbital bone like it is a bruised knee.

Fighters take a great deal of punishment in the ring, broken hands, cuts, teeth knocked out, etc. Orbital fractures are not so common and pushing on thru them is also not so common.

Brook was fighting a competitive match but was getting the worse of the wear. At some point, he suffered the injury and in the 11th he could no longer take it or didn't want to chance the permanent injury. There's no shame in that. Brook is either unlucky or has some bone composition that makes him more susceptible. Either way, I don't fault him for deciding to bail out of the fight at that moment.