STREET_CLEANERThu Jan 1, 2026, 7:34 PM UTC
true if your health is a bit off you could be dealing with it for 2 weeks or more if u get a bad dose, young healthy people normally bounce back in a week and are back to normal and ready to go
as you say he might be off the weight and feels like he wont make it now, i could see that being a problem alrite
some people deal with stuff like this unexpected stuff and some dont, im not sure what i would do, if i had my training mostly done and was on weight i might see it out and rest up and hope for the best, i have had bad flus and have been zapped for a week to 10 days and less bad ones so depends on general health but boxers are usually good for that, i think if i got a flu these days i would be badly zapped for ages
The flu you can be sick for a couple of days or it can knock you down. Depends how your system is and which strain you get.
SmashThu Jan 1, 2026, 6:13 PM UTC
The larger promoters often can afford to pay their fighter if the other guy pulls out (presumably they have insurance). Edwin De Los Santos got paid when Keyshawn Davis missed weight, for example.
i presume its in the contract that if opponent pulls out due to sickness then the other boxer gets some form of payment
CoverdaleThu Jan 1, 2026, 5:50 PM UTC
actually in boxing cases there could be a fund or downpayment that both boxers pay into say X amount and if one guy pulls out for whatever reason the other guys gets his cash
The larger promoters often can afford to pay their fighter if the other guy pulls out (presumably they have insurance). Edwin De Los Santos got paid when Keyshawn Davis missed weight, for example.
SmashThu Jan 1, 2026, 5:42 PM UTC
paddy should have spend xmas in oz getting ready for the fight and not left it to chance with these things at this time of year
SmashThu Jan 1, 2026, 5:35 PM UTC
The flu is not joke. It will put anyone bedridden for a couple of days and you have to deal with it for like a week. That means that he won’t be continually training, they might be weight issues and a built in excuse. Tough to go through this with missing out on a decent profile fight with pay.
true if your health is a bit off you could be dealing with it for 2 weeks or more if u get a bad dose, young healthy people normally bounce back in a week and are back to normal and ready to go
as you say he might be off the weight and feels like he wont make it now, i could see that being a problem alrite
some people deal with stuff like this unexpected stuff and some dont, im not sure what i would do, if i had my training mostly done and was on weight i might see it out and rest up and hope for the best, i have had bad flus and have been zapped for a week to 10 days and less bad ones so depends on general health but boxers are usually good for that, i think if i got a flu these days i would be badly zapped for ages