Boxer nearly loses ear in fight

Monello

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Nasty

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I watched Lomachenko Vs. Rigondeaux and DeGale Vs. Truax last weekend.

I’d seen the pictures of the Smith fight but hadn’t ‘heard’ how it happened.
 

b23hqb

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I'm still wondering how the upper ear got split like it did. String on the glove slice it?
 

Monello

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I'm still wondering how the upper ear got split like it did. String on the glove slice it?

It was a head butt. Most likely the kid had brittle ear cartilage to begin with. Now toss in a violent head butt. And you end up with an ugly mess. I thought that would have bled a lot more than it did. Cut boxers are always a spectacle to watch. Sean O'Grady comes to mind.
 

b23hqb

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It was a head butt. Most likely the kid had brittle ear cartilage to begin with. Now toss in a violent head butt. And you end up with an ugly mess. I thought that would have bled a lot more than it did. Cut boxers are always a spectacle to watch. Sean O'Grady comes to mind.

Brittle ear cartilage. That's a new one on me, but ya never know. :boxing:
 

Monello

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I was watching when Ray 'Boom-Boom' Mancini struck the fatal blow to Kim Duk-koo.

I always felt that the major damage to Kim's brain was from the back of his head hitting the canvas when he was knocked out.
 
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