Manny Pacquiao suffers ear injury in win over Cotto
by Scott Christ on Nov 17, 2009 2:35 AM EST
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In case you forgot, here's a reminder. Boxing is a rough sport.
Though Manny Pacquiao was pretty dominant in his victory over Miguel Cotto on Saturday night, conditioning coach Alex Ariza says the Filipino phenom suffered ruptured cartilage in his ear. Ronnie Nathanielsz reports:
Manny Pacquiao’s right ear reportedly ruptured badly in the "Fire Power" showdown against WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas last Saturday, causing some blood which had to be drained out by Dr. Jeffrey Roth.
However, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum who is a personal friend of Dr. Roth indicated there was no cause for concern in the light of the pleas by Pacquiao’s mother Dionisia, for Pacquiao to retire following his record-breaking seventh world title in seven weight divisions and her fears that Pacquiao could get seriously hurt if he continues to fight.
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Alex Ariza revealed that the cartilage "ruptured very mildly during training camp and we were treating it throughout. But Cotto clearly landed some good shots on that ear and it ruptured badly."
This isn't one of those phantom injuries, either. Pacquiao's ear was wrapped in gauze at the post-fight press conference, and you could see during the post-fight stuff in the ring that something was a bit off, almost a cauliflower ear on Pacquiao's right ear. It shouldn't be a major injury for Pacquiao to deal with, and shouldn't delay anything, really.
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i was wondering what was up with that bandage around his head during the brian kenny interview. hope this is a comes-and-goes type of deal, and he doens’t pull a pavlik
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by battle axe of doom on Nov 17, 2009 2:54 AM EST reply actions
I noticed it in the post-fight interview. I wrestled in high school so I’ve seen some cauliflower ear, but Manny’s ear as looking really mangled.
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that about sums up the fight, huh?
Cotto’s face is swollen and bleeding.
Pacquiao hurt his ear.
Manny was in a fight, dominant victory or not, he took probably the hardest shots of his career and looked beat up after the fight, albeit nowhere near as bad as Cotto…i guarantee Dr. Roth is a brother or something of judge Jerry Roth, no surprise he’s a “personal friend” of Bob Arum’s
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