Basically he was fine. He was alert. I talked to him and there was no change in his neurological state. It was the same thing afterwards. I asked him if he had a headache and was dizzy. He said no. |
He was alert and showed no signs of dizziness. It was the same after the fight. |
His intercranial blood pressure is back to normal, his brain waves look good and his CAT-scan was nearly normal, ... It's really wonderful. |
It was very saddening to watch someone who was such a great competitor, someone with so much heart, take that kind of a beating. It was tough and upsetting to see him get knocked down like that and to see how much punishment he was taking from round to round. |
It's a concern for all of us. |
Maybe we can't find the answer, but it's something that has to be done and done very quickly, |
Something is wrong. I don't know what it is, and I don't know what needs to be changed, but we need to re-evaluate the entire way we approach the testing and treatment of boxers. These kids trust their lives to us, and we're failing them. |
That is the biggest concern of all, that there have been so many of these [brain injuries]. I think we need to evaluate the system from top to bottom ... Maybe we can't find the answer, but it's something that has to be done and done very quickly. |
That is the biggest concern of all, that there have been so many of these. I think we need to evaluate the system from top to bottom. |
This commission is going to sit down and look at everything again and again and again. We really need to look at what can be done in the future. |