Comments Thread For: Erik Skoglund Brought Out of Coma, Awake and Responsive

[thack]

Great news , good luck and a speedy full recovery .

[Liondw]

Glad to hear he is in recovery and hopefully a full recovery. Obviously he cannot or should not box professionally again.

[jas]

Great news. Big relief .

[BobLoblaw]

I'm glad to hear he has woken and it shall be interesting to see what the reaction in Sweden is like. Given that the sport was banned from 1970 - 2006, this event could have political consequences.

[Keleneki]

That is great news to read.

[sportbuddha]

Hope not. How could he do it after such an injury? His boxing career is over. Nick Blackwell did not understand this after he almost died against Chris Eubank Jr; he sparred again, and was hospitalized for the second time.

He won’t be boxing ever again, we can only hope he makes a great recovery and has a full life after boxing. It’s a another reminder that boxing is a brutal sport and the risks are real, especially given that it is for others entertainment I for one don’t begrudge their good nights pay.

[BattlingNelson]

I'm glad to hear he has woken and it shall be interesting to see what the reaction in Sweden is like. Given that the sport was banned from 1970 - 2006, this event could have political consequences.

Actually I would expect proboxing to be banned again real soon.

[black.ink]

Actually I would expect proboxing to be banned again real soon.

Fantastic news for Erik, but an unfortunate consequence for Swedish boxing.

Producing good talent of recent years, another ban could halt the nations progress in the sport.