Magomed abdusalamov last fight watch. Boxer Abdusalamov Magomed: biography. – Magomed watches the fights

Magomed Abdusalamov was one of the main hopes of Russian boxing in the heavyweight division. His career developed rapidly, the athlete was distinguished by a strong delivered blow, which knocked many opponents to the ring carpet ahead of schedule. However, at the very takeoff, not only the boxer’s participation in big sport, but also his life. This happened in a duel with Cuban Mike Perez at the Madison Square Garden arena in November 2013.

Becoming

Abdusalamov Magomed Magomedgadzhievich was born in Dagestan on March 25, 1981. It was the father who instilled in his son a love of sports, since he himself was engaged in freestyle wrestling and received the title of master. Young Maga tried different kinds martial arts, and came to boxing at the age of 22 due to a knee injury in the Thai interpretation of this sport, where he achieved considerable success.

The athlete’s first mentor was G. Gaziev, who later became like an older brother to him. In classical boxing, Abdusalamov Magomed began training with Evgeny Kotov. In the amateur category, the athlete managed to win the championship twice Russian Federation. However, he lacked tactics and technique due to his late arrival to this sport. In amateur boxing, Magee has fifty fights to his name, the lion's share of victories in which took place ahead of schedule.

Professional career

Boxer Magomed Abdusalamov began his professional career in the fall of 2008. The athlete was first supported by Yuri Fedorov, then Mage was promoted by the American Leon Margulies and his team. The Dagestani alternately fought in Russia and America. Soon the boxer's entire family (wife and two daughters) moved to Florida. Magomed Abdusalamov knocked out the first eight opponents in the professional ring to the canvas in the first round. In 2012, Magee’s opponent was the famous American J. McCline. In this fight, the Russian athlete managed to be knocked down, but the second round brought him an early victory.

A year later, a meeting took place between Abdusalamov and Puerto Rican V. Bisbal. This opponent made the Dagestani nervous, but in the fifth round he was also knocked out. In fights, it is noticeable that Maga has practically no control over his defense, and behaves quite openly and riskily. As the athlete himself claimed, this was his tactic, which made it possible to take his opponent by surprise. The main trump cards of the domestic boxer are enormous power and high striking force.

Magomed Abdusalamov: what happened in the fatal battle?

The ill-fated duel took place on November 2, 2011. In the ring of the Madison Square Garden arena in New York, two invincible boxers at that time met - Magomed Abdusalamov and Cuban Mike Perez. Bookmakers estimated the athletes' chances at about fifty-fifty. The Dagestani was 32 years old at that time, and his opponent was 28 years old.

The opponents began the fight in an active struggle for the center of the ring. Almost from the first seconds, open “chopping” began. In his characteristic style, Maga tried to suppress the Cuban’s initiative, but he was unable to do this right away. Moreover, he missed a strong beat in the jaw, which immediately began to swell. The coach and team did not pay attention to this until the very end of the match. As it turned out later, the Russian athlete suffered a fracture of the facial bone under the eye, and this in the first round!

Developments

Despite the injury, Magomed Abdusalamov last Stand behaved like a real warrior. Actively maneuvering, he was eager to attack. Throughout the fight, the boxers alternately took the initiative into their own hands. Perez turned out to be a very persistent and nimble opponent. In addition, he repeatedly struck Russian athlete low blows, for which he was deprived of one point by the referee's decision.

With each round, the fight between Magomed Abdusalamov and the Cuban became tougher and more spectacular, forcing the audience to jump up from their seats every now and then. However, Maga was noticeably tired, missed several serious blows to his injured jaw and earned a couple of cuts. At the same time, Mike behaved provocatively, showing ambiguous gestures and language. As a result, the fight ended with the victory of the Cuban athlete on points by unanimous decision of the judges.

The situation after the battle

How did Magomed Abdusalamov feel during the fight? What happened in the first round and why coaching staff failed to respond to serious injury? There is no clear answer to these questions. Some consider the language barrier to be an obstacle to mutual understanding, while others claim that too much was at stake. The fact is that a few hours after the fight, the athlete was sent to the clinic with severe headaches, where he was diagnosed with a cerebral hemorrhage.

To prevent the situation from worsening, doctors put the boxer into an artificial coma. A few days later, Abdusalamov suffered a stroke. An operation was performed during which doctors removed a blood clot from the brain and also removed part of the skull to relieve swelling. Only after some time the athlete emerged from the comatose state and began to breathe on his own. Four months later he was transferred from intensive care to a regular ward.

Rehabilitation

It soon became known that the Abdusalamov family did not have the required amount of funds to pass full course rehabilitation and subsequent treatment. Concerned sponsors and philanthropists from the boxing community, including current and former athletes, as well as Magomed's friends. The promoters even created a special fund to collect donations for Magee’s treatment.

Abdusalamov Magomed Magomedgadzhievich was transferred to a rehabilitation center in 2014. He is going through a difficult and long period of recovery, has lost significant weight and is still unable to move independently. The athlete’s wife, Bakanay, does not leave her husband’s side and makes incredible efforts to ensure that the rehabilitation process is completed successfully. Unfortunately, the brain damage turned out to be very serious; treatment may take more than one year. Magomed has already begun to talk a little, his wife hopes that soon her husband will get on his feet and walk. Although doctors predict paralysis of the right side of the body forever.

Conclusion

Boxing is real dangerous look a sport in which more than one person has lost their health. Athletes take risks in every fight, and sometimes chance plays a fatal role. I would like to believe that boxer Magomed Abdusalamov will recover and cope with the disease, like most of his opponents in the ring. Fans remembered him as a persistent, purposeful and practically invincible athlete.

“Money won’t bring back my old husband.” The Abdusalamov family received $22 million in compensation in a US court

The family of Russian boxer Magomed Abdusalamov won a lawsuit in the United States and will receive a very large monetary compensation. Match TV correspondent Vadim Tikhomirov spoke with Bakanai Abdusalamova to find out what three years of struggle for justice and the health of her husband were like for her.

On November 2, 2013, in New York, Russian Magomed Abdusalamov lost a boxing match for the first time in his career: he lost to Cuban Mike Perez by unanimous decision. After the fight, Abdusalamov felt unwell, began to lose consciousness and was taken to the hospital by taxi. Doctors determined a cerebral hemorrhage and put the boxer into an induced coma. In December, Abdusalamov was brought out of a coma - and two exhausting processes began for his family. The first is rehabilitation, due to the fact that after a coma the boxer could not move or talk. The second is a judicial one, since, according to Magomed’s relatives, he did not receive timely medical care.

On the night of September 9, 2017, ESPN wrote that the court ordered the state of New York to pay the boxer's family $22 million as compensation for the injuries received by Magomed Abdusalamov. Among other things, it was stated that this was the largest compensation in US history for personal injuries.

“All this is really true, but the trial is not over yet, we are continuing the case, there will be more proceedings,” said Bakanai Abdusalamova, Magomed’s wife, in an interview with Match TV a few hours after the news appeared.

“But the state of New York must pay your family $22 million, and that’s for sure?”

– For you, was money a matter of principle, a desire to prove that someone is guilty of what happened to your husband?

– It’s hard for me to say now. You see, when the trial began, I thought that by the last court hearings Mago would come to his senses. I thought his condition was for six months, maybe a year. But now, when you understand that Mago has not yet recovered and this requires a lot of money, and you see that you are alone, and all the essentials for your family need to be paid for somehow, you understand that you need money too.

– I understand perfectly well that you did not win this money in the lottery, but still this is a huge fortune that suddenly became yours - how will you use it?

– We have to pay for the work of lawyers, we have debts - about two million dollars. Plus, of the amount that will be paid to us, ten million will look like an investment that will provide us with a monthly income, which should be enough to support the family and rehabilitate Magomed. I hope this money will help create Better conditions for recovery, we will be able to see where and what kind of rehabilitation centers there are, it will be easier for us to move around.

As I said, we received the money, but whatever it was, I can’t just take it and return the Mago who was before.

– What is a two million dollar debt?

– These are the expenses that we incurred during the rehabilitation process. All procedures here are very expensive. Just to give you an example, a 15-minute acupuncture session costs $150. Several such sessions are needed per week, and we have been doing them for three years. A special bed for people who cannot move independently costs about eight thousand dollars. We need to pay so we can go and train.

- Train?

– That’s what I call physiotherapy, I’m already used to this word when I talk about Magomed. Usually we have hour-long training sessions and in addition to them we either work out in the pool, or people come to us and do acupuncture. There is a special room at home where we can go for procedures.

– All boxers have insurance before the fight.

– Yes, insurance coverage is ten thousand dollars... This is enough for a few minutes of intensive care in a clinic in the USA. Magomed spent two months in a coma. I'm exaggerating, of course, but when a person receives such damage, insurance does not cover even a small part. For example, Andrei Ryabinsky (Russian businessman, head of the World of Boxing company - Match TV) helped us pay for treatment at a rehabilitation center. Treatment there costs several tens of thousands of dollars a month. But we had many procedures later, in fact, it was treatment on debt - the hospital agreed, although I understood that it would be difficult for me to repay this debt. I have nothing.

During rehabilitation, Magomed was hospitalized several times. One time everything was very serious, he developed a severe infection, we just didn’t advertise it. We developed osteomyelitis (a purulent-necrotic process in the bone - Match TV), sepsis, and Magomed’s condition was very serious. At some point it seemed to me that the doctors basically decided that he couldn’t cope and thought that this was how it should be. I started screaming for them to do something. Magomed spent several weeks in the hospital. Now we live further, and I won’t say everything here is luxurious, but normal.

– Where do you live?

– In Greenwich in New York, in a house that was provided to us by a family friend Aminulla Suleymanov, he, together with Andrei Ryabinsky, helped us the most, and I am very grateful to them for this, because it was the help without which everything would have happened now differently. But obviously, we can’t live our whole lives in someone else’s house, we would like to buy our own.

– Have you ever met Mike Perez (Magomed Abdusalamov’s rival)?

- No. For what?

– Would it be important for you for him to personally apologize to you?

“He boxed in the ring just like my husband. Before this, all of Magomed’s victories were knockouts, that is, he also beat people hard. What happened to him is not his opponent's fault.

-Who do you blame?

– I can’t give assessments. We believe that Magomed did not receive timely medical care - that’s all I can say.

– Does Magomed understand that you won the trial?

– It’s difficult for me to answer you. I tell him this, of course, but I don’t think he fully understands. He is a different person now, he cannot sit and discuss what we will do now that we have won the trial. I can. I think about what conditions this will create for him so that he can live and train, what conditions I can create for the lives of Magomed and my children.

I would like to equip a training room at home, buy all the necessary rehabilitation equipment there, so that we can undergo procedures outside the rehabilitation center, so that we can exercise before bed. I would like to buy him a special bed, I have my eye on a few more things for him and hopefully it will work out now.

– Unfortunately, there are stories when a person and doctors reach the maximum in their rehabilitation capabilities, and after that it is difficult to improve anything.

“In general, the doctors first told us that he would not survive, then that he would not be able to think, then that he would not be able to speak. Now they are saying that they are seeing a miracle, because initially they looked at the pictures of his brain and said the word “plant”, and now they look and say “fantastic”.

It works for him left-hand side body, he opens his eyes, he tries to speak. While the doctors are not promising anything, we just hope that there will be some more results.

– Have you thought about trying treatment somewhere not in the USA: in Israel, Switzerland, Germany?

- Well, where we do not. Of course, they say that there are other good clinics, but America has very good medicine. Perhaps in another country he would not have survived with such injuries. But I’m not ready to move with the children and Magomed to another place, especially when I don’t know how he will survive the flight.

– Do they give you a lot of advice on how to treat yourself?

– On Instagram they constantly write: “Try this... do this... these medicines help.” I’m not trying any of this, because I can’t give anything without the doctor’s permission, and now he has a lot of drugs that he needs to know how to combine with each other, and some new drugs may simply turn out to be incompatible. Someone says that we need to use the traditional Islamic method - Hijama (treatment by bloodletting - Match TV), I respect traditions, but can you imagine if doctors in the USA see that I myself do some kind of things on my husband’s body? then cuts. I think I might be sent to court then.

– If you happen to see a boxing match today, how do you react?

“I can’t sit down and turn on boxing on purpose, but if I see it somewhere, I won’t turn away, I understand that my husband lived this, and you could get injured in ordinary life. Now, when you wrote to me on WhatsApp, you thought that this was not my number, because in my profile photo there is an adult man.

- Yes, and very serious.

– This is just a photograph of my brother, he died in a car accident two years ago. This is a huge grief, but this does not mean that we should now not drive. It's the same with boxing.

MOSCOW, June 30. /Corr. TASS Igor Lazorin/. Russian boxer who suffered severe injuries and stroke, began to talk with loved ones. The athlete’s wife Bakanai reported this to TASS.

Abdusalamov on November 2, 2013, during a fight with Cuban Mike Perez, received a severe traumatic brain injury, as well as fractures of his arm and jaw. He was taken to hospital where he suffered a stroke. The boxer was placed in an artificial coma, in which he remained until December 10 of the same year. The athlete underwent craniotomy to remove blood clots, and his broken jaw was also operated on. Abdusalamov spent a certain period of time in a rehabilitation center. In mid-September the athlete was discharged home. Now he takes food on his own, but he still cannot move without help.

“He doesn’t really speak, but I understand him,” said the boxer’s wife. “He speaks quietly, but he tries to do it, although not everything is clear. I am his translator. In general, our youngest daughter is a great medicine for him. She tries to be close to him, hug him. He smiles when he sees her."

On this moment Abdusalamov is completely paralyzed right part body. "While our left side is working, the right is not. I am gradually starting to give him regular food, although he usually eats everything from a blender. But he looks much better and fresher, he has gained weight well. Maga is trying to draw, writes our names. In general , we are making progress,” added the TASS interlocutor.

The wife of 34-year-old Abdusalamov also noted that doctors note progress in the athlete’s condition, but do not give encouraging prognoses.

“At the beginning, the doctors told us that he wouldn’t survive, he wouldn’t think,” noted the boxer’s wife. “But I proved them the opposite. He’s getting better. And the doctor said three months ago that he wouldn’t be able to walk. But we don’t think about it.” this, we believe in the best. His eyes are no longer as lost as before. I heard that Denis Boytsov (a Russian boxer who is recovering from serious injuries) was told that he will return to normal life and will walk. But if he can, that means. and we can do it!"

Immediately after the incident, world champions Sergei Kovalev, Ruslan Provodnikov, Sultan Ibragimov, Khabib Allahverdiev and Russian promoter Andrei Ryabinsky, who paid for part of the athlete’s treatment, expressed a desire to help Abdusalamov.

Treatment of Magomed Abdusalamov costs $20-30 thousand monthly

According to the athlete’s friend Amin Suleymanov, treatment and rehabilitation in the USA for Magomed Abdusalamov costs about $20-30 thousand a month.

“Now Maga and his family live with me,” said Suleymanov. “At first everyone helped, but now I’m the only one left. While he was in a rehabilitation center, treatment cost $50 thousand a month. Now we take him from home, I spend my money "To help Maga. In total, it costs between $20-30 thousand. There is city insurance, but it does not cover everything."

Suleymanov also said that Abdusalamov was happy when he saw the fight between Russian Alexander Povetkin and Mike Perez. Povetkin knocked out the Cuban in the first round at the end of May.

“I showed him the fight, he understands everything, recognizes people. He himself was sure that he would knock out Perez. But in the first round, Magi had a broken arm, and what could he do? Just survive... He watched Povetkin’s fight, especially there were no emotions, although he was a little happy,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

Abdusalamov had 19 fights in the professional ring, won 18 victories (all by knockout) and suffered one defeat. He received the World Boxing Council (WBC) champion medal.

Russian boxer Magomed Abdusalamov was unable to defend championship title WBC heavyweight champion

Fight Abdusalamov - Perez November 2

Russian boxer Magomed Abdusalamov was unable to defend his WBC heavyweight title. In the fight, which took place in New York on the night from Saturday to Sunday, Moscow time, he lost to Mike Perez. Following the results of 10 rounds, the victory by unanimous decision of the judges was given to the Cuban (97:92, 95:94, 97:92). Thus, Adbusalamov suffered his first defeat in professional career. Before that, he had 18 fights and won all 18 by knockout.

Immediately after the fight, Abdusalamov was taken to the hospital for examination. An X-ray showed a fracture of the left arm in the area of ​​the hand. The boxer felt a sharp pain in his left hand in the first round of the fight, and it was this injury that did not allow him to develop the advantage that he had in the fourth round of the fight, and also affected the design of the entire fight.

Magomed Abdusalamov and Mike Perez. Video

Boxer Magomed Abdusalamov. Last news

Russian heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov, who is in a state of induced coma, suffered a stroke, reports Fightnews.com. As Abdusalamov’s promoter Nathan Levkovich said, a fundraiser has already been announced for the boxer’s family, which must pay for expensive treatment.

We will do everything we can to get him back on his feet. Magomed will no longer be able to fight, but he is a good and brave person, he has a wonderful family. Every dollar counts,” Lewkowicz said.

The family of Russian heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov, who received a severe traumatic brain injury in a fight with Mike Perez, filed documents with the court. The boxer's family accuses the New York State Athletic Commission of negligence and medical malpractice and demands compensation from the state in the amount of $100 million.

Let us remember that in November Abdusalamov met in the ring with Mike Perez, to whom he lost by unanimous decision after 10 rounds. In that fight, the Russian boxer missed 312 accurate punches. After the fight, the boxer underwent emergency brain surgery to remove a large blood clot that had formed in him. Abdusalamov was in a coma for several weeks, but now the boxer is in a rehabilitation facility, where he showed little activity and is able to respond to simple commands, however, he remains bedridden and, according to doctors, he may never be able to walk or talk. While in the locker room after the fight, Abdusalamov, who suffered a fracture during the fight upper jaw and arms, told the New York Athletic Commission doctor that he had a very bad headache. Doctors performed several simple neurological tests, diagnosing a nasal fracture and recommending that the boxer see a doctor immediately upon returning to Florida. But neither the commission nor the doctors knew that at some point bleeding began in Abdusalamov’s brain, which would probably have killed the boxer if not for the medical assistance provided.

Athletic commission inspector Matt Farrago, who was appointed as Abdusalamov's observer that evening, said that after doctors checked the boxer and left the locker room, he noticed traces of blood in Abdusalamov's urine tests, which could have been a sign of internal bleeding. Farrago, who had been a professional boxer for 8 years, advised the Russian boxer's team to take him by taxi to the hospital. But an anonymous source who was at the MGM arena that evening said that 2 ambulances were on duty at the scene, but the panel of doctors did not call any of them for the Russian boxer. In early November, acting at the request of the New York Secretary of State, who oversees the athletic commission, the State Inspector General began an investigation into the fight itself and the events that occurred after it that very evening. The end date of the investigation was never announced. Athletic commission chair Melvina Lathan, chief medical adviser Dr. Barry Jordan and referee Benji Estevez Jr., who were in the ringside that evening, declined to comment on the matter.

Paul Edelstein, the lawyer for Abdusalamov’s wife and children, said that he is planning to file a lawsuit in the near future against the commission of doctors and other participants in this incident. As practice shows, there have been more than once cases when the state helped resolve such conflicts in favor of the relatives of those who suffered a tragedy in the ring, Edelstein said. The widow of Bethaven Scottland, who died from injuries sustained in a 2001 fight with George Jones, sued, arguing that her husband was not given permission to fight and the fight should have been stopped before the injuries became fatal. 11 years after the incident, the widow was paid $150,000.

Edelstein filed a notice with the court about Abdusalamov's medical expenses, which were the result of an "unjustified and brutal beating" and "inadequate, untimely and inadequate medical care and services."

“It was a real war. The guys gave their all and showed everything they could do.”, - John David Jackson, coach of Magomed Abdusalamov, shared his thoughts about that fight.

A devout Muslim from the Russian republic of Dagestan, Magomed Abdusalamov was the WBC champion of the United States and, at the time of the fight with Perez, had a record of 18 victories, each of which was won by knockout in the 5th round or earlier. The Russian boxer was among the main contenders for the heavyweight title, and would certainly have received this fight soon, but he had not previously had to fight opponents of Perez’s caliber. As the boxer's manager Boris Grinberg said, for Magomed this was the main fight in his career. In the first round of the fight, Mike Perez struck Abdusalamov with his left forearm in the face, this gave the judge every reason to stop the fight due to an illegal blow, but the referee who was behind the Russian boxer did not consider this moment worthy of his attention. Even though no one from Abdusalamov's corner protested the incident or sought help from a doctor, at the end of the first round Magomed looked at his face on the big screen and asked his team if his nose was broken.

As the fight progressed, Abdusalamov found it increasingly difficult to breathe, and the left side of his face was severely swollen and damaged. His left eye was half-closed due to the damage, and the blood from the cut above it only made his vision worse. Despite all the hard blows and all the damage that both boxers received in this fight, not a single knockdown occurred in it. The boxer's trainer, John David Jackson, who subsequently stated that he wanted to stop the fight after the 7th round. The cause was the injuries received by the boxer, but neither Magomed himself felt in danger, nor did the doctors give any such conclusions. A little later, in the 9th round of the fight, Magomed even achieved a small feat; in this round he looked more convincing than his opponent.

Jackson also stated that throughout the entire fight there was a lack of mutual understanding in the Russian boxer’s corner. Magomed communicated only with his brother in Russian, and Greenberg was passive and did not always translate to the boxer what the coach said. This prevented Jackson from learning about the health status of his ward. Chris Jay, Abdusalamov's friend who helped him learn English basic level, stated that the difficulties in the corner were due to the boxer's pride and independence.

"More than once he happened to ignore the words in his corner. He did what he wanted to do.", Jay said.

“None of the doctors that evening made any hint that I should have stopped the fight. The kid wanted to fight so badly that I was completely hopeful that he would win,” said Coach Jackson.

Magomed Abdusalamov’s brother said that only after the fight they learned that Magomed had injured his hand in the first round.

“In the first round, I struck Perez with my left hand, after which I could not even clench my fist, which prevented me from working with my left the way I wanted. But the champion remains a champion and he had a great fight today,” Abdusalamov said in post-fight interview.

While doctors were in the locker room, Abdusalamov's promoter and trainer insisted that the boxer be taken to the hospital because he was complaining of a severe headache. Doctors conducted a King-Devick neurological test, which the boxer had already taken the day before the fight, where he was required to read a series of numbers.

“He made a couple of mistakes, but he mentioned all the numbers quite clearly and did it quite quickly. I was very impressed,” said Greenberg Jr., who was with the boxer during the tests.

However, Coach Jackson was distrustful of the test and protested against it, even leaving the room for a while.

"What the hell happened? He was supposed to be taken to the hospital and only tested when he got there. We had time that was wasted because they didn't do what I asked for, even though he talked about his headache more than once." pain," Jackson said.

After examining Abdusalamov’s face, the doctors determined that his nose was broken, they also stitched up the cut and advised him to visit a doctor in a couple of days, and then remove the stitches in a week.

“It seemed that everything was going according to protocol. All the necessary steps that the doctors saw in that situation were taken,” said athletic commission inspector Farrago.

After the boxer was examined and the doctors left the locker room, Farrago still had to conduct urine tests on Abdusalamov, who, by the way, was then having difficulty urinating. Only after Magomed took a shower were these tests carried out. As soon as Farrago found traces of blood in the urine, he immediately advised the boxer's team to take a taxi and head to the nearest hospital.

"I have to defend what was done, as he never showed any signs of serious brain injury. Of course, he had injuries that required emergency treatment, but no one had any idea about the bleeding in the brain. Could I have something to change then? Of course... If I knew more,” Farrago said.

After doctors examined Magomed, his promoter Sampson Levkowitz returned to the arena to oversee other fights that evening. Then Greenberg informed him that Abdusalamov needed an ambulance, Levkowitz turned to the chairman of the commission about providing the boxer with an ambulance, but the chairman of the commission did not even budge and did not take any steps to help in this situation. As the boxer’s brother says, even then Abdusalamov needed help to get dressed and leave the locker room.

“He was unable to think adequately. He was on the verge of unconsciousness and kept telling me, ‘I will leave, I will leave,’” said the boxer’s brother.

When the brothers, their father and Greenberg Jr. went out into the street, where Greenberg Sr. and his wife were already waiting for them, Greenberg Jr. left everyone on the side of the road and went to catch a taxi, he even turned to the policeman for help, but everything was unsuccessful. It took them about 20 minutes to find a free taxi that evening. Upon arrival at the hospital, they were told that they would have to wait in line as there were already people in front of them. While waiting, Magomed asked to lie down, then he began to feel a dry urge to vomit.

“Only after I started cursing did the guard see what was happening to Magomed, then he said that we had better go outside and call 911 from there, because then they would immediately provide medical assistance and we wouldn’t have to wait,” Greenberg said -Jr.

Greenberg Jr. states that he left Abdusalamov with his brother in the waiting room and went outside to call 911 from his phone. According to the police department, the 911 call came in at 12:16 a.m. and lasted about five minutes. When he returned to the hall, he saw that Abdusalamov’s father, who arrived in another taxi, had already obtained the doctors’ attention to his son. According to hospital data, Magomed was registered at 12:31 am. Greenberg Jr. said that as doctors examined him, Magomed became less and less sensitive to what was happening around him.

"He made a lot of effort to even say a few words. It was a very difficult situation.", - said Greenberg Jr.

"Based on the initial results of the CT scan, the extent of his brain damage at the time of admission to the hospital was already putting his life in doubt. At that time, we did not know whether we could save him," Dr Swarup said.

A scan carried out at 12:50 am discovered a large blood clot in the left hemisphere of Abdusalamov's brain, which was pressing on his skull, after which the boxer was taken to the operating room. Doctors began surgery at 1:33 p.m. local time, removing part of the skull on the left side to relieve pressure, removing a blood clot, and then starting therapy to reduce brain swelling. However, due to the pressure placed on the brain and the blows received, the damage was too severe.

“We saved everything we could, but we will not be able to make him the same as he was before. He is young and most likely many of his brain functions will return, but it is difficult for us to say how much he will be able to recover,” said Dr. Swarup.