Skoglund - Sparring Incident

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GlobalBox
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Skoglund - Sparring Incident

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There has been an incident in sparring and Skoglund is in an induced Coma following a brain bleed.

His fight with Smith was a cracker for the boxing enthusiast and I just wanted to start a thread to wish him all the best in the
world, he has been active in our world of boxing for many years and is indeed a fighter that we have no doubt all viewed in the past and admired his courage and skills.

Come On EriK, Keep fighting my son.
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Awful news. Thoughts go out to him and his family.
deadpan
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Oh no, that's tragic. I dearly hope he recovers. He was a class act in and out of the ring.
horndawg80
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Erik is a top guy
Really hope he pulls through. My heart goes out to his family

Hopefully it wasn’t because he was taking Off too much weight / dehydrated
jamamb
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boxing can be scary. i only had a couple am fights but im still thankful i got out okay. these things are happening all time. read about how american former prospect daniel franco is struggling since his injury. depressing. boxing is deffo a hurt game.
3132DW
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jamamb wrote: 09 Dec 2017, 19:49 boxing can be scary. i only had a couple am fights but im still thankful i got out okay. these things are happening all time. read about how american former prospect daniel franco is struggling since his injury. depressing. boxing is deffo a hurt game.
That story and how he was treated by Rocnation was disgraceful.

Fingers crossed Erik can pull through.

He was posting with his Xmas tree & Family only he other day then talking to Rocky Fielding about dates etc....then next day this.
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Post by Spud »

I met Erik & his team when working on the Smith/Skoglund show.

What a bloody brilliant bunch of top genuine people who will use their closeness to gather the strength to get Erik through this.

Erik is a top bloke, a true warrior who I have no doubts will win this, his greatest fight of his career.

Come on Erik, all of our positive thoughts are with you.
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Pray for a full recovery for him , give Smith a tough night and was a class act post fight too .

Seems like a genuinely nice bloke .
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Sad news, hope he pulls through.

Good fighter and seems like a good guy too, thoughts are with his family.
Freedom2013
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Erik Skoglund is awake and responsive having been brought out of his medically induced coma.
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Good news to hear hopefully he can have a speedy recovery to full health. A true warrior.
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Good news:

TheLeprechaun
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Is gutnecht alright or still in a bad way?
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TheLeprechaun wrote: 16 Jan 2018, 16:28 Is gutnecht alright or still in a bad way?
Still bad.... And not looking good.
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TheLeprechaun wrote: 16 Jan 2018, 16:28 Is gutnecht alright or still in a bad way?
He’s not progressing for all the reports - can’t talk/walk.

The article I read was Family was really struggling for money and finding things tough - selling things etc.

Sad story in all honesty.
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