‘Mighty’ Joe Ward suffered a disastrous skilled debut as he was pressured to retire within the second spherical of his bout with Marco Delgado in Madison Sq. Backyard on Saturday after struggling a freak knee harm.
Ward, the 2017 European Beginner Championship gold medalist and World Beginner Championship silver medalist, was tipped to make quick work of the 6-1 mild heavyweight Marco Delgado, however catastrophe struck for the Irishman within the second stanza of the struggle on the undercard of Gennady Golovkin’s win in opposition to Sergiy Derevyanchenko.
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As Ward stepped again to keep away from a mixture from his opponent, his left knee gave means and he fell to the canvas in apparent misery.
The published cameras rapidly picked up on the supply of the difficulty as Ward’s left kneecap had dislocated and had taken up residence a number of inches to the facet of its normal spot.
Joe Ward dislocates his knee – the ring physician places it again into place whereas within the ring. #GGGDerevyanchenko pic.twitter.com/w67Gs6G4dV
— Tim – Boxeo Boxen бокс 拳闘 Boksing มวย Boks 拳击 (@Hock1717) October 6, 2019
Did joe ward pop the identical knee as he did within the European championships in Minsk 2013 , Really feel for Joe large time not the way in which you need your professional profession to take off , I hope it’s not too severe and he may be again in motion quickly ?☘️@KevByrneBox @chrismcnulty86 @GavanCasey
— Jason Quigley (@jay_quigley) October 5, 2019
Actually watched Joe Ward do the very same factor within the European Championships in Belarus, 2013. Actually unlucky
— Warren Baister (@WarrenBaister) October 6, 2019
Ward was then pressured to endure a painful bodily process as a cabal of ringside medics assessed the injury and finally determined to manually put his patella again in place as the boxer might be heard moaning in discomfort.
Because the Irishman was unable to proceed, Delgado was awarded the victory by means of technical knockout.
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Ward suffered the identical harm to the identical knee in a 2013 novice bout with Polish mild heavyweight Mateusz Tryc on the Palace of Sport in Minsk, Belarus after the 2 fighters clashed knees throughout their struggle.
A dislocated knee generally happens when there’s a blow or a sudden change in route when a leg is planted on the bottom. Restoration time is mostly round six weeks or extra.
Ward turned skilled in August after signing a cope with boxing promoter Lou Di Bella, and can be trying to bounce again in his subsequent outing as soon as his knee has had time to recuperate and restrengthen.
