Boxing is a gruesome sport.
Those of us that follow the sport closely can kid ourselves by calling it the “sweet science” and marveling at the technical and athletic skill necessary to be successful in boxing, but in the end, fighters aim at punishing themselves to the brink of severe injury
The human brain was not designed to be rattled several hundred time over the course of approximately one hour.
Last night in Manila, Philippines, the North Hollywood’s Brian Viloria lost his IBF junior flyweight title at the hands of Colombian Carlos Tamara via a brutal 12th round technical knock-out and then collapsed in the dressing room.
Upon collapsing, Viloria was rushed to San Juan de Dios where veteran boxing scribe Ronnie Nathanielsz reports Viloria was unattended for 30 minutes forcing television broadcast executives and Viloria’s manager Gary Gittelsohn to move the fighter to the Makiti Medical Center where he received a full examination and is being held over night.
I tip my hate to Solar Sports (which broadcast the fight) executives Wilson Tseng and Peter Chanliong and Gittelsohn for doing the right thing and getting Viloria the medical attention needed.
For the record, Tamara’s super human-like ability to take Viloria’s best punches, chase him down all night, and eventually come from behind with a 12th round barrage which left the “Hawaiian Punch” defenseless before the bout was stopped is an early Fight of the Year candidate.
It is just difficult to rejoice in the best boxing can give when one of the combatants is in the hospital as a result of the brutality we call a sport. ***
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