Detached retinas

crooked nose · Post by **crooked nose** » 28 Dec 2003, 00:26

Eye injuries have brought abrupt endings to many careers over the years. Does it seem like there are fewer of these incidents today? Have there been any recently? What big names have had to quit because of eye injuries? Off the top of my head: Harold Weston, Jr. (thumbed by Hearns), Earnie Shavers, Ray Leonard (but not so bad that he couldn't stage about a half dozen comebacks), Jeff Chandler. Who else?

Ric · Post by **Ric** » 28 Dec 2003, 00:50

Both Fidel LaBarba and Ely Clark come to mind.
It is odd that both Clark and LaBarba retired from boxing because of eye injuries. Clark quit boxing after his bout with LaBarba, when one of his eyes was severely damaged.

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=041687

The_Power · Post by **The_Power** » 28 Dec 2003, 11:11

Frank Bruno

Southpaw Stylist · Post by **Southpaw Stylist** » 28 Dec 2003, 11:40

No, he was just blind.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 28 Dec 2003, 19:06

Leotis Martin had to retire with a detached retina after his biggest win over Sonny Liston in 1969. Terrible shame for one of the most underrated heavyweights of the Ali era.

Broncano · Post by **Broncano** » 28 Dec 2003, 21:17

Mauro Mina, The Ring Magazine #1 Light heavyweight contender from 1961 to 1962 was scheduled to fight Harold Johnson for the title in 1962, suffered a detached retina against Cuban Lino Rendon, retired in 1964.

Sugar Ray Seales eventually went blind because he kept fighting for some 3-4 years after he tore his retina.

Sweet Scientist · Post by **Sweet Scientist** » 28 Dec 2003, 22:59

bennie wrote:Leotis Martin had to retire with a detached retina after his biggest win over Sonny Liston in 1969. Terrible shame for one of the most underrated heavyweights of the Ali era.

Also...it demonstrates how hard Sonny could hit!

I think Leroy Jones (undefeated challenger against Holmes) had to quit from detatched retina in the early '80's...anybody remember that fight?

Broncano · Post by **Broncano** » 29 Dec 2003, 03:17

bollocks wrote:
Read an article (a Garfield?) recently on Bob Foster where he claimed to have been the real reason Mina retired. Not sure about that claim

Actually, the Rendon fight were Mauro allegedly tore his retina was previous to the fight with Bob Foster (which the Peruvian won by decision).

I think the article you are talking about is this one:
http://www.newmexicoboxing.com/history_ ... oster.html

Foster claim that he retired Mauro is not the only dubious one he makes:

Four months later, Foster was knocking out guys again. He fought twice in the D.C. area where he was living, scoring KO’s in the 1st and 4th, before he was matched up against another fight. This time, he was scheduled to fight Mauro Mina in Mina’s hometown of Lima, Peru, in November, ’63.

“Mina was a light-heavyweight and my record says I lost a ten-round decision. Hell, I lost that fight! I didn’t lose that! In fact, I retired Mina! They sent me down there to be used as a tune-up fight because Mina was getting ready to fight Dick Tiger, who was champ at the time . . . . but by the time I got through with Mina, there was nothing left.

“It was a messed up fight. One round, we’d fight two minutes, the next we might fight five or four minutes. I’d go back to my corner and ask my trainer, Billy*, what was going on. [*Foster’s trainer was Billy Edwards. Edwards had been a light heavyweight contender before he retired. (Edwards passed away in 1996.) I’d say, ‘Damn, that was a long round!’

“Well, I couldn’t knock that guy out. Every time I hurt Mina, I’d hear BING! They’d ring the bell to end the round. But if he was getting the best of me, damn, we’d fight for five minutes! I messed him up good though, and he couldn’t fight no more.”

In that article he also claims that Doug Jones koed him because he was a six round fighter back then, and Ernie Terrel knocked him out with a push and a shove.

pbrennan · Post by **pbrennan** » 29 Dec 2003, 06:28

Didn't Gary Mason have a detatched Retina??

hitman_hatton1 · Post by **hitman_hatton1** » 29 Dec 2003, 12:10

pbrennan wrote:Didn't Gary Mason have a detatched Retina??

yeah he's another, not helped by that nasty eye damage he received against lennox lewis

it still makes me wince when i watch that fight very nasty

chris eubank i think was another

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 30 Dec 2003, 02:18

george sugar costner had to retire when he was the best welterweight in the world after sugar ray stepped up to middle because of a detached retina...and then went blind in both eyes. great story of triumph over tragedy.....you might want to check out this one by going back and checking out my thread on him..titled george costner dies.

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