Nate Campbell appealing to CSAC
by SC on Aug 2, 2009 2:22 AM EDT
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As expected, Nate Campbell is going to appeal to the California State Athletic Commission to change the TKO loss he suffered last night against Timothy Bradley, looking for a no-contest ruling due to the fact that his injury was caused by an accidental clash of heads.
According to Campbell's co-promoter, Terry Trekas, says that the fight was not stopped by a cut, but rather because the ringside physician saw blood behind Campbell's eye and was worried about possible retina damage. Campbell went to the hospital after the fight as directed, but not before giving his side of the story in the ring and kind of starting a showdown between promoters Don King and Gary Shaw.
I said already that I think the decision clearly should be changed to a no-contest, and it's no fault of Bradley's. Timothy was clearly the fresher and stronger fighter for the first three rounds, in my view, and seemed well on his way to a potentially dominant victory. But there are rules to protect fighters and they're there for a reason. If Campbell had possible retina damage, the fight had to be stopped, and the fact is that replays obviously show that the damaging blow was a headbutt. There is absolutely no question about that.
It's also no great condemnation of referee David Mendoza. Yes, he missed the call, but it happens. But the missed call was very important and the decision wasn't just. It's as simple as that.
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Acting lessons...
While I agree that there are rules to protect fighters for a reason, Nate Campbell was acting his a$$ off in his corner, unfortunately he didn’t confirm with the ref that the ref saw the cut was caused by a headbutt before he began his show.
Don’t get me wrong I normally love Nate Campbell but what he tried to pulled last night just was silly. Hopefully the comission will reverse it and Nate can get beat by Tim propertly.
by DarienRA on Aug 2, 2009 9:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If he actually had blood behind his cornea
Which is what the doctor said after the fight, then he wasn’t acting.
I’ve seen about 15 Nate Campbell fights before, and it’s completely out of character for him to try pulling an acting job. For better or for worse, he’s always stepped up to whatever was in front of him.
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by Brickhaus on Aug 2, 2009 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ringside diagnosis isn't gonna fly with me.
Has Nate gone to the hospital? I don’t remember seeing any articles yet?
No I’ve seen Nate over the years as well, but until I get something more solid I’m going to call this one an acting job.
by DarienRA on Aug 2, 2009 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty much every article says he went to the hospital
and that the doctor says he saw blood behind the eye. Is there anything from the hospital itself? No, but there’s probably not going to be due to patient-client privilege.
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by Brickhaus on Aug 2, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Err doctor-patient privilege
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by Brickhaus on Aug 2, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
There are various times...
that boxer’s have gone to the hospital and we’ve at least gotten articles the next day that said so and so lost and fight and was taken to the hospital shortly thereafter for observation.
We get those articles all the time man.
by DarienRA on Aug 2, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok...
finally got some confirmation that he went to the hospital…. still Nate acted very out of character (you have to agree with that), and well we’ve seen fighters go on when not 100%, and with worse cuts.
Still I’m curious to see what happens next, even if it is declared a no contest (which it should be), does Tim really have any reason to fight Nate again?
by DarienRA on Aug 3, 2009 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think money-wise he will have enough reason to fight him. Getting a fight with a cash-cow like Hatton or Pacquiao is just a pipe-dream that will never happen. Witter and Ortiz quit their way out of serious contention and marketability. Alexander is there for him, but doesn’t really draw a crowd like Nate can draw on his home turf. Maidana has probably already joined the Argentinian Witness Protection Program… I seriously doubt we’ll even see his next fight televised. What else does Bradley do?
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by jrok on Aug 3, 2009 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They're pushing to make Maidana into a main event attraction
His German promoter even made a deal with GBP to try to get him more US exposure. There’s also a pretty heavy rumor at the moment that Maidana will be Khan’s next opponent, although I’ll believe that one when I see it. It would be completely out of character for Frank Warren to put Khan back in there with any known puncher any time soon for anything less than huge money.
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by Brickhaus on Aug 3, 2009 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not that Maidana actually brings more money to the table than Campbell
Bradley jumping to fight Berto at a catchweight wouldn’t surprise me though, and that would probably be for bigger money than Campbell. Also, could see Bradley-Valero if Arum gets serious about trying to set Valero up to be an opponent for Pacquiao.
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by Brickhaus on Aug 3, 2009 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
There’s also a pretty heavy rumor at the moment that Maidana will be Khan’s next opponent, although I’ll believe that one when I see it.
If Maidana-Khan actually happened this year, I’d have to seriously reconsider my opinions about… well, everyone and everything. From what I know of Universum and GBP’s co-promotion ideas, I have this feeling that any marketing muscle will go towards making Maidana a German star, but not necessarily a wide attraction… Dzinziruk, anyone?
Personally, I’d love to see a Bradley-Maidana card…. or even a Maidana-Holt. Or how about even Maidana-Urango?
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by jrok on Aug 3, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's a rumor
that he’ll fight Lamont Peterson next… of course there’s no money there but I love the Peterson brothers so I’d love to see that fight.
by DarienRA on Aug 3, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The sanctioning body that has Peterson as mandatory and put their belt on the line for Ortiz-Maidana (I don’t remember right now, it’s 3:30am, and they’re all the same so whatever) said before that fight that the winner would be expected to fight Lamont.
by SC on Aug 4, 2009 3:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he was looking for an exit
and he got it. unfortunately for him he thought he was going to get a no contest and not a tko loss.
i’ve seen more than enough fights in my 28 years to know when a guy is looking for an exit from a fight. i said it as soon as he went to the corner and i was right.
i love nate, always have but I convinced he wanted out of the fight.
by sonofapsycho on Aug 2, 2009 4:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Of course he wanted out of the fight
But the question is whether he wanted out because of the injury caused by the headbutt. If that’s the case, then it should be a NC, regardless of whether he wanted out or not.
Also, with hemmorhaging behind his eye, who knows if he’ll even be able to fight a rematch. There’s a pretty decent possibility he could end up partially blind due to the injury, and if he had fought on, he almost certainly would be blind in that eye now.
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by Brickhaus on Aug 2, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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