Comments Thread For: Lawsuit After Amputee Denied Participation in Golden Gloves Tournament

[tritium_arma]

They should weigh his leg and add that to his weight without the prosthetic for weigh ins.

[vital1983]

I don’t know what the problem is. Wilder fought Fury with no legs (apparently).

Touche, ha

[juandabomb]

Let the guy fight... Not joking but I dont think his legs will give him all the particulars needed to compete against higher level competition but still an inspirational story. Wish him the best

[4truth]

Originally Posted by Hmabshir View Post
Zzzz. Just another drama queen looking for a dollar. Nobody told him to join the military and get his leg blown off fighting a war that nobody knows what we are actually fighting for.

Boxing Is a sport that doesn’t give you special treatment. The fighter he was fighting deserves not to have a stain on his record of knocking out an amputee.

There's always a ******, fat hog, or disabled just trying to scam $ with a boohoo story.

It isn't necessarily about money. He is suing to be allowed to fight.

[CJFRENCH]

Risk Assessments

I'm wondering about the weight issues - does he weigh in with the prosthetic or without ?

You're right, on face value it just feels like a big nope - but then if he knows the risks.....

Weight is one issue, as he could be a bigger fighter and now weigh less, or the other way round putting him at risk. I am sure this could be worked out scientifically and fairly.

Is his artificial leg a danger to himself or other boxers who might be knocked over stunned or even out cold and fall onto it etc.

Is he safe to box with said leg etc.

If the answer to these questions were not provided prior to fight night then NO FIGHT. As allowing the fight to go ahead without a proper Risk Assessment puts the organisers at risk of being sued. The organisers would also have to conduct their own risk assessments before the fight and also not just rely on someone else's.

If everything had been properly provided in advance by the boxer, this is who i am, here are the risk assessments etc then he may have a case, as the organisers have failed to act and meet his needs. If he turned up on the night and then they found he had an artificial leg, then they would be right to not allow the fight to go ahead.

[elfag]

Theres a lot of reasons Im against it. What if he gets killed then certainly his family/estate is going to be looking to profit in a wrongful death suit, I can picture the headlines and arguments now "survived Iraq but evil doctors and boxing association allowed our loved one to be killed" ect

Weigh in issue and then the prosthetic which is not a direct equivalent for a leg. Does it give an advantage or disadvantage? because its not a natural leg. Soon you will have runners who have a mechanical advantage in running because of the engineered prosthetics.

Also what if that leg hurts or cuts another fighter.

I really respected the way Dana White handled the one-handed MMA fighter. He gave the guy a chance. He lost his first 1 or 2 fights and then was cut. He said something like "I admire the kid. But this is a hard sport with two hands and two legs. He couldn't do it. Best luck." Let the dude compete, get KOed or whatever, then refuse to sanction him. It's sad because Golden Gloves is a non-profit. They can't afford a lawsuit which they were probably just trying to avoid in the first place.

Hes trying to compete amateur so I wonder what legal grounds they have.
A lot of the protections like the ADA is for discrimination when hiring or for accessibility to public facilities.

I dont see where a non profit has to allow him to compete for free.


And for UFC, I think the difference too is since they are so much bigger and have more money and lawyers compared to Golden Gloves, they were probably able to do a good risk analysis and draw up a good liability waiver and take everything into account to where they were comfortable with it. Golden Gloves doesnt have the same resources so they decided to not take a risk and now theyre getting ***ed over anyways. Its like damned if you do, damned if you dont for them.

[elfag]

Let the guy fight... Not joking but I dont think his legs will give him all the particulars needed to compete against higher level competition but still an inspirational story. Wish him the best

I doubt they are refusing to let him fight just to be mean to a disabled guy. They probably have legal risks they arent comfortable with.

[Marchegiano]

WTF? care to elaborate??

No amputee should be allowed to box in any event.


Veterans who use their veteran status for special treatments piss on their own service let alone other men and women.

[Saint Scrappy]

I don’t know what the problem is. Wilder fought Fury with no legs (apparently).

Hell, AJ has fought 24 bouts with no chin! Like WTF

[Long jabber]

If it was no arm i can understand but no leg, come on he can still pick them hands up