Comments Thread For: David Haye Forced Out of Bellew Rematch With Bicep Injury

[Madison Boxing]

old news. i said in the threads the other day that the fight was off...

[paulf]

It's time to call it a day, David. Terrible way to go out, but his body is done.

[kushking]

Surprised at what exactly?

I'm surprised to hear a torn bicep only takes two weeks to heal. Not sure I buy into that.

I don't know much about different types of bicep tear injuries, but standard recovery for minor surgeries is 6-8 weeks. Scouring the web I found 4-6 months for a bicep tear.

The tendons that attach this muscle to your shoulder and forearm can tear, requiring surgery. Depending on your level of activity, rehab after biceps surgery may last 4 to 6 months.

SOURCE: https://www.livestrong.com/article/4...bicep-surgery/

In general, the age range of individuals most likely to sustain a torn biceps muscle is 40-60 year olds. If the tear is near the upper part of the biceps, near the shoulder, the cause is most likely overuse. Tears near the elbow are generally due to an unexpected amount of force (for example, someone trying to break a sudden fall) or during forceful pushing motion.

Partial tears usually heal within 3-6 weeks. Full tears require surgery and may take 4-6 months to heal. You should not resume regular training. You should only resume regular training when you experience no pain throughout your full range of motion and have normal upper arm and shoulder strength.


SOURCE: http://www.ereps.eu/article/torn-biceps-rehab-recovery

• For a complete tear in which surgery is needed, return to full sports participation may take 4-6 months. Supervised physical therapy is typically advised.
• Partial tears usually heal within 3-6 weeks.
• Resume regular training only when you have normal shoulder and upper arm strength, full range of motion, and no pain.

SOURCE: http://www.coreperformance.com/knowl...rn-biceps.html

From what Haye said he did, looks like he's got a Distal Biceps Tendon Tear or a partial tear which doesn't sound as likely. Thats 4-6 months recovery. If its a partial tear, 3-6 weeks. Not finding anything thats two weeks and allowing to go back to heavy boxing championship level workouts.

Curious to learn more.

Whenever you have an injury that occurs to a professional athlete the amount of time an injury takes to heal is shortened tremendously due to their body being in much better peak condition than the average person. Its like when a football player tears a leg muscle they are usually only out a few weeks, while a normal person would take much longer; it's because they're entire body is 1 finely honed machine that they work out constantly & they have some of the best experts working with them around the clock to recover.

The irony is that wc athletes are oftentimes more prone to injuries as they are pushing their bodies to the limit around the clock,its like a thouroughbred race horse will get injured more often but will recover faster. Being a wc athlete is hell on the entire body which is why so many seek peds... Although I wouldn't consider Gayemaker to be a world class athlete,hes more of a hypejob clown.

[kushking]

I think Haye is buying time as it's been ****in with him psychologically that if he loses again to bellend he will never be able to live it down & would forever be a laughing stock in the UK, esp. after he was claiming hed put bell end on ho****e & he himself ended up in the hospital. I remember reading Haye was seeing a psychologist, I think it was the same 1 that was working with Kell Brook about his closet issues...

[Caught Square]

It's a shame but no surprise. He's had more pullouts than fights since Chisora in 2012.

[Liondw]

It happened again. Bad luck for Haye, but if not his achilles heel, it's his toe or bicep. He might have to think about a retirement as his body is breaking down quite a lot, even though was this an 'accident'.

[Money Shot]

Surely when you get to veteran stage like Haye you to take more care in camps? You can't train like a 27 y/o when you're 37, just not on.

[Donjovi]

Juicer. Always injured. Joshua will be same way in 3-5 years.

[Binomial]

Ugh Haye and his injuries...just retire

[Tobi.G]

His body can't handle it anymore, he should retire. The sport of boxing is verry tough, not for everyone.