Comments Thread For: Erik Skoglund Remains in an Induced Coma Following Surgery

[Lester Tutor]

U sure? I didn't even know Skoglund was hurt. This is sad news, and the first I heard of it.

severe concussion can progress in swelling in post hours. That's when the victim starts to feel the pain heavy. At any rate with surgery added it doesn't help the situation. Hopefully Skoglund recovers soon. This is why I never cared for Vargas haters when he had Bradley stunned in the last 10... if Vargas would be able to land one more in vicious fashion, Tim would have to at least beat the count. So in theory he was robbed. How an experienced ref could forget the warning bell is ridiculous. Surely Vargas was mad as he'll and did seek a reversal, surely uncle Bob gave Jessie a nice non-disclosure fee to not pursue it as Jessie changedo his tune afterwards forgetting it ever happened. Lol. Horrible call

[New England]

sparring?

surely you have to consider that something else was going on prior to this injury. hope he recovers and finds something else to do that makes him happy and keeps him employed

[Redd Foxx]

sparring?

The majority of injuries happen in sparring because you spend a hell of a lot more time sparring than under the lights. Headgear isn't the lifesaver it's made out to be either. It helps with cuts but I personally think it's worse for concussions as it makes the head a much bigger target and if the brain is going to get slammed around, a little bit of padding doesn't stop that.

[P4Pdunny]

Staying prayed up

[McNulty]

Never heard of this kid before, but I hope he makes it out alright.

[BattlingNelson]

sparring?

surely you have to consider that something else was going on prior to this injury. hope he recovers and finds something else to do that makes him happy and keeps him employed

Yep. Sparring.

There's a lot of questions still remaining to be answered in this particular incident. For example if Skoglund had headaches prior to the sparring, nausea or something else.

Anyway sparring is likely the main reason for late braininjuries. Before fights the boxers have maybe 100 sparring rounds and there's definetely multiple minor concussions that gets overlooked causing dementia or other brain deteriation following the active career.

['b']

Lets hope, the refs pay close attention to illegal blows to the back of the head this weekend, I hate when this happens. Boxing is serious people, please do not root for dirty fighters.

Man you are sneaky!

[New England]

The majority of injuries happen in sparring because you spend a hell of a lot more time sparring than under the lights. Headgear isn't the lifesaver it's made out to be either. It helps with cuts but I personally think it's worse for concussions as it makes the head a much bigger target and if the brain is going to get slammed around, a little bit of padding doesn't stop that.

you're f#cking nuts if you think sparring is as hard on you, round for round, as fighting. nuts.

sparring may produce more long term effects because of the frequency, but it's not responsible for the majority of deaths and brain injuries in boxing. those are usually attributed to long, pro fights.


now if you want to pull up a red herring and say "bbbbut they pull more hamstrings in sparring," then i'll just ignore you. the topic at hand is a traumatic head injury with a brain bleed, and no, those don't happen more in gyms than they do in professional fights.

[Thraxox]

I hope he makes a good recovery. God Bless this man and may he recover.