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So, who was the guy who hurt Blackwell the 2nd time during the infamous sparring session.

Crease wrote: ↑20 Sep 2018, 09:22 So, who was the guy who hurt Blackwell the 2nd time during the infamous sparring session.

Cant remember his name but he got banned from boxing. I listened to him on talk sport the other night and did you know he sparred george groves 5 days before the eubank fight? Thats way too close to the fight that

Crease wrote: ↑20 Sep 2018, 09:22 So, who was the guy who hurt Blackwell the 2nd time during the infamous sparring session.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/n ... ed-9427153

thechump wrote: ↑20 Sep 2018, 09:29Cant remember his name but he got banned from boxing. I listened to him on talk sport the other night and did you know he sparred george groves 5 days before the eubank fight? Thats way too close to the fight that

Yeah, I heard him on TalkSport. They actually mentioned the guy in the sparring session.

Crease wrote: ↑20 Sep 2018, 09:31

thechump wrote: ↑20 Sep 2018, 09:29Cant remember his name but he got banned from boxing. I listened to him on talk sport the other night and did you know he sparred george groves 5 days before the eubank fight? Thats way too close to the fight that

Yeah, I heard him on TalkSport. They actually mentioned the guy in the sparring session.

He's named on the link I posted

Controversial wrote: ↑20 Sep 2018, 09:35He's named on the link I posted

Hassan Karkardi. Thanks mate

did he get banned just for the blackwell thing

jamamb wrote: ↑20 Sep 2018, 09:47did he get banned just for the blackwell thing

Yeah, but let's be honest - it's a pretty stupid thing to do, spar a guy who had brain damage.

Nick blackwell should be shouldering the blame for the sparring. U know for a fact if youve had a brain injury u should NEVER spar again.

Takes two to tango

Both dinlos imo, but blackwells a fighter, that's just how he's bred

Needed saving from himself

The people around him shouldlve jumped in and put a stop to it a bit sharpish cos a true fighter will never jack

Takes two to tango

Both dinlos imo, but blackwells a fighter, that's just how he's bred

Needed saving from himself

The people around him shouldlve jumped in and put a stop to it a bit sharpish cos a true fighter will never jack

Oiky wrote: ↑20 Sep 2018, 10:29 Takes two to tango

Both dinlos imo, but blackwells a fighter, that's just how he's bred

Needed saving from himself

The people around him shouldlve jumped in and put a stop to it a bit sharpish cos a true fighter will never jack

Exactly that. Anyone who had anything to do with that spar should be held accountable.

smiling assassin wrote: ↑20 Sep 2018, 10:39

Oiky wrote: ↑20 Sep 2018, 10:29 Takes two to tango

Both dinlos imo, but blackwells a fighter, that's just how he's bred

Needed saving from himself

The people around him shouldlve jumped in and put a stop to it a bit sharpish cos a true fighter will never jack

Exactly that. Anyone who had anything to do with that spar should be held accountable.

That's right mate

Oiky wrote: ↑20 Sep 2018, 10:29 Takes two to tango

Both dinlos imo, but blackwells a fighter, that's just how he's bred

Needed saving from himself

The people around him shouldlve jumped in and put a stop to it a bit sharpish cos a true fighter will never jack

Karkardi was a light-heavy, but Blackwell was used to sparring bigger lads due to the scarcity of good middles in Bristol. Karkardi seemed like one of the most available from what I've heard.

Blackwell obviously hoped to avoid the outcome, but as daft an idea as it was to us, we weren't in his shoes. Karkardi should've refused, aye, but he was known to me as popular for helping local boxers out. I'm sure losing to Eubank stung more than a loss might have otherwise. The Khamitski draw wasn't the end of the world.

Its a tricky one and without knowing who was told what it is hard to shoulder blame.

It might have been that Blackwell convinced him that a light spar would be fine.

Just a sorry state of affairs and personally I think it is hard to lay a blame without knowing who said what before. Macro Antionio Barrera fought with metal plates in his head.... and Nicks first recovery was so promising, it might have been easy to think he was fine for a light spar.... if he was also saying this.

How is Nick doing now? Like you say, his first recovery seemed really good, it was such a stupid shame what happened subsequently.