Here in us, a Kazakh boxer fought for his life in HCMC

The Buffalo Bills will host the Miami Dolphins in Sunday’s playoff game, and their celebration of Dummer Hamlin’s survival will continue on telecasts and in stadiums.

There’s no overestimating the joyful relief of this 24-year-old from McKee’s Rocks, Pennsylvania and the University of Pittsburgh in continued recovery.

Countless millions of people have watched and taken a keen interest in Hamlin’s story in this country. Only a few thousand may have noted another amazing medical feat by an athlete a few weeks ago at Henepin County Medical Center.

The sport was boxing, the audience was limited, the athletes were Kazakhs, a name that was difficult for us Yanks to understand.

The best words the few people in the sports world who saw Yerbossynuly get beaten by David Morrell Jr. ?” was a rhetorical phrase.

There were early updates that he was put in an induced coma and underwent brain surgery, but this wasn’t early in the ‘Monday Night Football’ game – The Armory and Showtimes in Minneapolis It was a terrifying situation witnessed by only 5,000 people in the Saturday night boxing crowd.

Promoter Tom Brown said earlier this month from California: “My wife Sandy [Goossen-Brown] And i stayed for 5 days. When I left the hospital on the last day, I thought, “No way, he can’t survive.”

“I’m sure if I hadn’t kicked Eidos out of the ring, put him in an ambulance and had Ho Chi Minh City waiting a few minutes away, I wouldn’t have had a chance.”

After emergency brain surgery, blood pressure dropped sharply. Finally, a few weeks later, there were veiled reports of improvement.

And on December 2nd, a short video was posted showing Eidos dressed in plain clothes, checking out of HCMC and heading to the airport, ready to fly home.

Brown has been involved in boxing since the late 1980s. He had to go through the agony of three bouts where boxers died from 1995-2000:

Jimmy Garcia vs. Gabriel Ruelas, 1995. 1999 Randy Carver vs. Coverly Salem. And in 2000, Emiliano Valdes vs. Teddy Reed.

“In the case of Eidos, in this case, he was named as a mandatory opponent by the WBA for David Morrell’s title.” There was a wall

“It’s not what we asked for, but we wanted to see the towel thrown in the corners a few rounds before finishing 12th.”

Brown was a football player for the legendary Stav Canakes at Edina West High School in the late 1970s. He went to what was then River Falls State, transferred to Minnesota, was cut at Springball, and moved to California, where he moved to Los Angeles where he became his college assistant football coach.

“I had started dating Sandy Goosen,” Brown said. “Her brother Dan was promoting club fights and had me bring in players as a security guard.”

Dan and Sandy are married, and their 37-year marriage has helped them beat the odds in the quirky world of boxing.

The Goossen-Browns have five children. Brittany (boxing executive), Jake (soccer coach), Justin and Josh (college and professional baseball pitchers), and Riley (current DI soccer player).

Dan and Joe Goosen started Ten Goose Boxing as trainers and promoters. The Gregg brothers also did some training after their major league baseball careers ended. My brother-in-law Tom became a matchmaker.

Dan passed away in 2014, taking a toll on surgery. Brown launched his TGB promotion. Brittany is now his Vice President. Our main client is Premier Boxing Champions.

Since boxing returned to the renovated Minneapolis armory in the spring of 2018, Brown has returned home regularly as the PBC is behind the televised card.

“The last time I went to the Armory was at the 1972 Golden Globe Awards, and there were five rings in that old place,” Brown said. “The place you have now is he one of the best places to watch boxing.”

The Armory card for a major title match scheduled for mid-December was canceled on November 17th, leaving Yerbossynuly in a precarious position.

The next card is scheduled for February 25th, with local contender Jamal “Shango” James being one of the headliners.

“There’s always been a boxing crowd in Minnesota,” Brown said. “We’re just starting to give them the opportunity to come out regularly to see good games.”

After he paused for a moment, the promoter said:

“Boxers are like all athletes. They love to do what they do. What was the first thing Eidos said to us in that video? He wants to fight again.” .”

he doesn’t But he wants to.