Comments Thread For: Campbell Reveals His Father Passed in Lead-Up To Linares Bout

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Luke Campbell had to cope with the death of his father in the lead-up to his WBA lightweight title fight with Jorge Linares. The London 2012 gold medal winner was beaten on a split decision in California on Saturday night against the Venezuelan champion. And the 29-year-old Englishman revealed his father Bernard, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2014, died aged 58 in Hull while he was in the United States.
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[Lemonhead_Jeff]

My heartfelt condolences go out to Luke Campbell & his family.

[Strategic1]

Woah... man definitely has heart.. he got a champ mindset... he'll get another shot at a belt.

[Lou Cipher]

He should have just pulled out of the fight. That sucks.

[thack]

Very sad to hear. He fought his heart out against a very good champion .His dad would be very proud of him .

[BoxingJunkie]

He should have just pulled out of the fight. That sucks.

I'm sure the fight with Linares was the biggest payday of him and his team's career. It may have been a long time before he got a payday like that again and boxers have bills to pay as well.

[OctoberRed]

This is what real fighters do sometimes.

[FinitoxDinamita]

He could have used that as a motivator. Douglas' mom passed and he beat Tyson.

Gtfo with that excuse

[RomanReigns]

No Excuses unlike certain boxers. His dad would have been proud of him.

[Lou Cipher]

I'm sure the fight with Linares was the biggest payday of him and his team's career. It may have been a long time before he got a payday like that again and boxers have bills to pay as well.

Then he shouldn't use it as an excuse. Buster Douglas used this to beat that Raping Animal Mike Tyson.