Patrick Day

[JMac]

RIP Patrick. So sad. He was good guy and very bright. I’m good friends with his trainer Joe Higgins. They lived across the street from each other. Joe loved Pat and said he is done with boxing now and wants to close his gym.

[diddy]

RIP Patrick. So sad. He was good guy and very bright. I’m good friends with his trainer Joe Higgins. They lived across the street from each other. Joe loved Pat and said he is done with boxing now and wants to close his gym.

Ugh. Just ugh. Time heals. Maybe he just needs time away, I'm sure he does. This isnt his fault. Its no one's fault. Rest in peace, Pat. Rest in peace.

[RichieKnightmare]

Terrible news and this is happening too often now.

Boxing needs to look seriously at:

- heavier gloves for bouts
- reduced rounds
- head guards.

That would mean a lot fewer finishes but so be it. Without these things boxing will eventually be banned, and more importantly brave young men will continue to die.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Should he really be taking his own advice?

[kbackup408]

Not much if I am honest mate, everyone reacts differently when dehydrated and taking punches. Brain injuries/bleeds are less prevalent in the HW division as they aren't particularly dehydrating themselves (might be wrong)

I had the same thought, yes that guy Mago got it bad, but In general see less serious to the hospital KO's in heavyweight, and I think it is because they don't cut weight as much.

#1 thing boxing should do is review it's rules around weights and stop incentive for massive dehydration rehdyration.

As it has been said when dehydrated too much less fluid around brain and brain bounces more when head whipped around

#2 not as important but important better refereeing stop unnecessary beat downs.

There will always be injuries but these two things would reduce the incidences of them a lot .

Agreed but I am not sure what can be done, boxers squeeze themselves down to a weight so they can have the size advantage on fight night.

I am not a fan of the alphabet organisations but the IBF's 10lb rehydration check after the weighin is a fantastic idea.

[kbackup408]

Terrible news and this is happening too often now.

Boxing needs to look seriously at:

- heavier gloves for bouts
- reduced rounds
- head guards.

That would mean a lot fewer finishes but so be it. Without these things boxing will eventually be banned, and more importantly brave young men will continue to die.

Head guards are the worst things boxing could implement. There is evidence to suggest that wearing it causes more trauma to the brain as it rattles against the brain.

Even amateur boxing has taken head guards out

[gilgamesh]

I definitely hate how much this has been happening these last few years. The kinda thing you never wanna see, and we're seeing it entirely too often.

I sincerely wish Day a full recovery, even though it's not looking good.

I do believe that weight cutting probably plays a big part. Hard sparring on a regular basis probably ain't doing the brain no favors either.

There'll never be a way to completely make Boxing safe because let's face it. Knocking people out, or beating them up is hardly "safe" to begin with, but the weight cutting thing came into play because it was believed to be a benefit for the fighters. Seeing as how it should be pretty clear by now that it's not, they need to go back to same day weigh ins.

Guys need to fight their actual size, and not try to drain 20 extra pounds just because they can.

Should head-gear become mandatory?

F*ck no

[hoagylt]

R.I.P. Patrick.

[Paci]

R.i.P

[ValMar]

R.i.P

Yes !

[funso banjo baby]

as many people know on this site I am only a fan of hw boxing.

the lighter weights are too fast and this is part of the reason I no longer watch them.

that's not to say tragedies don't happen in the heavies...they do.

I don't know what im trying to say....but this is just awful news.

[chuck9788]

I've actually been in attendance and witnessed a fight in which a boxer was killed in the ring. It happened in 2005 at The Orleans Hotel & Casino here in Las Vegas. The mans name was Martin Sanchez, he died the following day after clashing with tough Siberian fighter named Rustam Nagaev, The memory of the match and the aftermath will be etched into my mind forever.

It's such a dangerous sport. However, those are the risks that these gladiators proudly take. Patrick Day is another example of the heroes that give it their all for the fans. Nothing needs to be changed with this great sport except for taking better care of them when they retire and if God forbid an injury occurs in the ring. Promoters (like Bob Arum) should be leading these efforts instead of lining up their own pockets.

[Ruthless-RKO]

The funeral for Patrick Day, the junior middleweight who died at age 27 four days after suffering a brain injury in a 10th-round knockout loss in an Oct. 12 fight in Chicago, is scheduled for Saturday. Visitation is Friday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET at Word Of Life Ministries in his hometown of Freeport, New York. The funeral service is at 8:30 a.m. ET Saturday at the same location followed by internment at Greenfield Cemetery in Uniondale, New York.


Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer