导出博客文章RIO DE JANEIRO -- Olympic boxing is bloody again.Men are fighting without
headgear for the first time in 36 years, making the sport debatably safer and
undoubtedly more attractive to fans. But the most tangible consequence is gore:
More than a dozen boxers at the Rio Games have already incurred significant
facial cuts in the first six days of the tournament.Algerian middleweight Ilyas
Abbadi was unsure how he got the 1 1/2-inch gash outside his left eye during his
victory over Congos Mpi Ngamissengue on Tuesday, but blood trickled down his
face during the bout. The cleaned-up wound still gaped to reveal bloody tissue
afterward, and he could only hope his training staff could close it
satisfactorily before his next fight Friday.Now I know the value of the
headgear, Abbadi said through a translator. I think for the amateurs, that would
be better. I would prefer to fight with headgear, but this is how it is.The
Olympics are the amateur games biggest showcase by far, and the sport
desperately hoped a major cut wont ruin a fighters hopes through medical
disqualification. It happened for the first time Thursday, when a 2-inch cut
near Armenian welterweight Vladimir Margaryans right eye forced the stoppage of
his bout with Cuban gold medalist Roniel Iglesias after just 87
seconds.Margaryans coach, Karen Aghamalyan, said his fighter already had a cut
from his first Olympic bout four days earlier. Ringside physicians couldnt close
the gash when it re-opened in the first minute against Iglesias, who was a heavy
favorite.In pro boxing, the sight of blood on a fighters face and chest is
common -- and an undeniable part of the sports primal lure. But that visceral
reminder of the sports inherent violence had been rare in the modern amateur
game until the International Boxing Association (AIBA) removed headgear from its
fighters in 2013, citing scientific studies claiming protective padding actually
increases brain injury.Although AIBA has worked to improve its boxers fighting
styles to minimize head clashes, cuts have become a steady occurrence at major
tournaments ever since, often when two skulls collide in an up-close exchange of
punches.The absence of headgear has led to several grisly, compelling scenes in
preliminary bouts.Russias Adlan Abdurashidov and Algerias Reda Benbaziz both
were cut Tuesday during their lightweight bout, which was stopped twice in the
second round for Abdurashidov to receive medical attention. Blood dripped
steadily from Benbazizs face in the third.The guy was using his head a lot, and
he received a warning from the judge, Benbaziz said after winning the decision
despite a 2-inch cut through his right eyebrow, which was already swelling
moments after the bout. Yeah, it will affect my next fight, but we will have to
fight with an injury. I wish I could be using the headguard.Abdurashidov could
only grimace in frustration, blood caked to his upper chest above his tank
top.The first minute after the cut, it was very uncomfortable for me,
Abdurashidov said. I took some punches because of my eye. It was from a
head-butt. Usually, its very good to fight without headgear, but today it was a
minus. In general, its better for me without.Abdurashidov echoed the feelings of
many fighters, who appear to be roughly split on the change. Despite the risk,
many boxers prefer the increased peripheral vision and freedom of movement
allowed by an uncovered head.I dont like getting cut, but I prefer to fight
without headgear, said Irelands David Oliver Joyce, who was left bloodied by a
clash of heads in his loss to Azerbaijans Albert Selimov. Im more of a pro-style
boxer, and for the past couple of years, the amateur system suited me.Amateur
boxers began wearing headgear between the 1980 Moscow Games and the 1984
Olympics in Los Angeles. Organizers believed the cushions around the skull and
cheeks would cut down on concussions and other serious head injuries, but they
also protected fighters from bloody damage, allowing them to compete in a
multi-fight tournament with almost no cuts.With fighters faces hidden behind
bulky padding, the amateur sport gradually lost its long-held status as a
must-see Olympic event. The headgear era roughly coincided with the move to a
computer-based, punch-counting scoring system.Both factors contributed to
Olympic boxings evolution into a sometimes plodding sport derided as fencing
with gloves, with fighters rewarded for light punches and elusiveness over
power, toughness and combinations.AIBA has returned to a pro-style scoring
system since the London Games. The resulting sport is more attractive in almost
every manner, and the bouts in Rio have generally been more compelling -- but
the blood on the fighters faces portends a potential problem.Professional boxers
get several months of recovery time between bouts. Olympic boxers must fight up
to five times in a nine-day span, with no time for significant cuts to heal in
any meaningful way.So fighters will punch and pray.Russian bantamweight Vladimir
Nikitin bled all over himself while beating Vanuatus Boe Warawara on Wednesday.
A deep cut in the scalp on the left side of Nikitins head sent blood pouring
down his face and neck, but he smiled through the reddened mess when his hand
was raised in victory.Nikitin believes hell have no problem fighting again
Sunday.
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and out of a job six months later. The opening of the Gulfstream Park West meet,
scheduled for Wednesday, was pushed back to Saturday with Hurricane Matthew
forecast to hit the area Thursday and into Friday. The 40-day session is
scheduled to run through Nov. 27.Training has been canceled at Gulfstream Park
West in Miami and Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. No mandatory
evacuation of horses has been ordered at either track, although trainers stabled
in the lower-lying areas of Gulfstream Park -- which is more prone to flooding
-- were given the option of moving their horses to Palm Meadows.Trainer Mark
Casse shipped all 28 horses he had stabled at Gulfstream Park to Ocala, Fla., on
Wednesday due to concerns about flooding.Gulfstream Park remained open for
simulcasting Wednesday, but was to close Thursday and Friday and reopen
Saturday.The safety of our fans, horses, jockeys, horsemen, and employees is our
top priority, said P.J. Campo, vice president of racing for The Stronach Group
and general manager of Gulfstream Park, which leases the Gulfstream Park West
facility from Churchill Downs. Because weather conditions the next few days
remain uncertain, we tthought it was best to call off the next few days and kick
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Saturday and Sundays programs at Gulfstream Park West were drawn Wednesday, with
10 races each day. Only two races were carded on the grass for Saturday,
including the five-furlong allowance feature. Sundays main event mirrored the
conditions of the statebred allowance feature from Thursdays canceled
program.Gulfstream Park West, formerly Calder Race Course, has had to deal with
several other hurricanes. The track sustained damage to the grandstand and barn
area during Hurricane Wilma in the fall of 2005. Several months earlier,
management was forced to postpone the Summit of Speed program one day due to the
effects of Hurricane Dennis. Racing was also canceled at Calder for two days
when Hurricane Frances passed through in 2004. In 1992, Hurricane Andrew
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