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Very sad news.

RIP Michael.

Well said MachoMan09.

I know Jeff Hinds personally and believe me he is choked.
Michael will be missed by everyone in the boxing world & of course his family who loved him.
This is very upsetting for all those who knew him. R.I.P

Very sad news, R.I.P to a brave man.

From what people wrote on here that were at the show Jeff Hinds did all he could , I hope he can take that for some comfort at this sad time.

Terrible news.

R.I.P Michael.

Very, very sad. RIP Michael.

Sad news. RIP

Terrible news. He was a bright and kind natured guy, tragic this happened.

Very sorry to hear of this. Condolences to Norgroves family and close friends.

Such awful sad news,Michael Norgrove= True Warrior R.I.P

was this guy married? kids? did he leave a family behind?

rip micheal xx

Saw him fight at York Hall once, R.I.P Micheal.

Sad news R.i.p Micheal

Rip very sad

Very sad news, by all accounts he was a lovely guy.

R.I.P and thoughts go out to the family and friends

Really terrible news. Makes you wonder what the hell we're doing following this sport.

RIP Michael Norgrove Condolances to family and friends and also those involved on the night

Extremely sad news

R.I.P

RIP :( .... its a weird one as I remember reading Phil's post earlier in the thread saying how Michael hadnt really taken any big shots. It just shows you how precarious boxing is really.

Terrible news for everyone.

It just shows that even with all the advances the sport has made in regards to medical access and monitoring, boxing is still a tough, tough way to make a living.


Did anyone who saw the fight notice any shots taken to the back of the head or behind the ear?

By all accounts Michael was not hit cleanly throughout the fight. He may well have an injury prior to entering the ring. Of course this can only be speculation. I've heard time and time again from ex-boxers that long term damage is not done in the fight but in the gym during 100's of rounds of sparring.

It seems like a freak injury like fabrice muamba collapsing.

Pretty gutting norgrove wasn't able to be saved it seemed the bout was another routine victory where norgrove was winning pretty convincingly which is scary.

My heart goes out to his family & friends in which is a shocking turn of events
R.I.P Michael.

Khaosai-Galaxy wrote: It just shows that even with all the advances the sport has made in regards to medical access and monitoring, boxing is still a tough, tough way to make a living.

people in this thread who were there said he hadn't been hit hard, yet.
non boxers die of clots while jogging who seem perfectly healthy.
you hear about something like this more when a boxer goes down in
a fight than when an accountant crumples during a jog or bench
pressing at the gym.

the reason i asked before if he had kids is because nobody mentioned
it and taking up a collection is usually the first thing people think
of when something like this happens and the person has young kids.
maybe a trust could could be set up or something.

sucracristo wrote:

Khaosai-Galaxy wrote: It just shows that even with all the advances the sport has made in regards to medical access and monitoring, boxing is still a tough, tough way to make a living.

people in this thread who were there said he hadn't been hit hard, yet.
non boxers die of clots while jogging who seem perfectly healthy.
you hear about something like this more when a boxer goes down in
a fight than when an accountant crumples during a jog or bench
pressing at the gym.
.

Yes indeed, but lets face it, boxing involves punching people in the head and the recent studies about the long term effects of sub concussive blows to the head is quite disturbing.


It's not really an arguable fact that boxing is tough, dangerous and requires a hell of a lot of courage.

sucracristo wrote:

Khaosai-Galaxy wrote: It just shows that even with all the advances the sport has made in regards to medical access and monitoring, boxing is still a tough, tough way to make a living.

people in this thread who were there said he hadn't been hit hard, yet.
non boxers die of clots while jogging who seem perfectly healthy.
you hear about something like this more when a boxer goes down in
a fight than when an accountant crumples during a jog or bench
pressing at the gym.

the reason i asked before if he had kids is because nobody mentioned
it and taking up a collection is usually the first thing people think
of when something like this happens and the person has young kids.
maybe a trust could could be set up or something.

As soon as a collection is organised I will post details.