1. Before the round, ringside physician Michael Poppa examines Carver. 2. Brewer said after the fight he had sprained his ankle in the second round and a ringside physician said he believed the ankle was broken. 3. Dr. Michael Schwartz, the chief ringside physician, said Munoz was alert and responsive when taken from the ring. 4. Ringside physician Robert Polafsky ended the fight because of an accidental head butt in the fifth round. 5. That was news to Dr. Flip Homansky, the ringside physician and chief medical officer for the Nevada State Athletic Commission. 6. The referee, upon the advice of the ringside physician, stopped the bout after the round. 7. The referee can, based upon his evaluation, stop the match or ask the ringside physician to examine the boxer. 8. Watching a fight as a ringside physician is different than watching as a fan. 9. Yoffe refused to do that, acting like a doctor instead of a ringside physician. 10. A boxer underwent three hours of brain surgery Wednesday after being punched into a coma just two rounds after ringside physicians nearly stopped his light-heavyweight fight. |