Tim Tse's long-time doctor says his world title fight should never be allowed to continue as the Australian boxing superstar fought blind for 30 minutes due to a severe injury more than two inches long and “up to the scalp” He said it was not.
In an interview with Fox Sports Australia, Dr. Bill Anserin praised the work of Mark Gambin, Tszyu's cutter, who treated Tszyu's “severe injury” and later required 10 stitches, saying, “Let's stop the blood flow. “I was running away from nothing,” he said.
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'Dr. He described his efforts to reach this point as “superhuman.” decision.
Anserin, a popular Gold Coast doctor who has worked for the likes of Elton John, Ed Sheeran and the Rolling Stones, has a wealth of experience supporting all three Tzius, including Kostya's 16 years in the ring. He also has match experience.
He was in Las Vegas this week as part of Tszyu's entourage for the world title blockbuster against Fundora, but he was seated a few rows back when Sunday's championship game took place.
But Anserin said he could see from the footage on the big screen at T-Mobile Arena that “there was a real problem” when Tszyu was sliced across the top of the head late in the second round.
He suggested the fight should have been stopped when ringside doctors first examined the wound after the second and fourth rounds.
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If the bout had been stopped before the fourth round, a “no contest” would have been declared.
Even if the fight had been stopped at the end of the fourth round, it would have been a draw and Tszyu would have retained the WBO strap.
However, Anselin said the team had been forced into what the combatants themselves later described as an “endless fountain of blood” because doctors were demanding the fight continue and because “Tim Tze is a warrior”. He said he was faced with the impossible task of stopping what had happened.
The day after the game, as Jennings was on his way to see Tsi, Anselin said:
“I knew right away it was over.
“And you were hiding in the middle of nowhere trying to stop that blood flow.
“It was a bad cut.
“When I checked after the game, it had fallen all the way to my scalp.
“So if I had been the referee, I would have stopped that fight.
“But, of course, I'm not a licensed physician.
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“But if I had been the ringside doctor at that fight, I wouldn't have worried about the crowd or anyone else…My duty of care is to the fighters and I would have stopped it. .”
Anserin said he wanted to get from his position in the crowd to the corner of the fighter jet, but “there's not much you can do when you have a few American soldiers standing in front of you with guns.”
“I just felt numb,” he said.
Jennings, meanwhile, was seated in the front row alongside No Limit promoters George and Matt Rose, and admitted it was difficult to see how bad the cut was at first.
“But I remember looking back at Dr. Bill,” he added. “He suggested there was nothing I could do.”
Anselin and Jennings also rejected the suggestion by US analysts that Team Tzu did not have the proper equipment to treat their wounds and should have called off the fight themselves.
“You can't blame the team for what they did,” Dr. Bill continued.
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“Our corner follows the doctors and the two doctors there said it was right for the fighter to proceed.
“And when they talk about ointment, it's adrenaline to stop the bleeding, and you put a layer of Vaseline or Vaseline on top of that.
“Mark used all products approved by the WBA and the committee and did everything by the book.
“But it was really like a boy sticking his finger in an embankment… You only have so many fingers.
“The scalp has a very large blood supply and a lot of connective tissue, so adrenaline is used to constrict blood vessels and reduce bleeding.
“But typically, if someone comes in with a large head wound like that, we'll put a topical disinfectant in there (with a needle) and apply pressure for 15 to 20 minutes.
“In our corner, we only had one minute to get everything done.”
Jennings further added, “Once that cut happens at the end of the second round, clean the fighter, wipe the blood from his eyes, stop the bleeding, stop the swelling, and do all that while instructing him what needs to be done. It gives us time to do that,” he added. In the next round.
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“Even if the doctor says it's right for you to continue as a fighter.
“And Tim Tse will never say it can't go on…that's not going to happen.”
Asked about the possibility of not having the proper equipment, Jennings said: “This is a land of intrigue.
“The corners didn't have the right gear. The cutman had three arms… It's just ridiculous.
Stitch Duran, perhaps the most famous cutman in boxing, described his wounds that night as a “nightmare'' to treat and said they could not have been worse.
“And our team is operating within the confines of what the commission has authorized and approved for use.
“So we had the right one.
“Mark was there and his job was to stuff adrenaline into the wound through a (cotton) bud and cover it with gel.
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“But what I was worried about was when the doctor would come up on the apron to do the exam and wipe everything down before Tim went outside.
“I was like, 'Hey, I can't wipe it all off, let's just leave it there.'
“But you can't question the doctors… They needed to see the wound, but in order to see the wound they were erasing all the good work that had been done.”
Nevertheless, Jennings called Tszyu's efforts “monumental” as he came close to winning both the WBO and WBC titles despite fighting blind.
“For a visually impaired fighter to fight for 10 rounds and still lose by one point… it's incredible,” he said.
“Who else would do that?
“That's amazing courage.”
