Boxer Juan Carlos Robles Doesn’t Need No Stinkin’ Doctor

Juan Carlos Robles is a boxer with 12 fights under his belt, ten of those being wins and two of those losses. But don’t think the losses came via a gutless performance. Before today we had no idea who he was, but we’re guessing he went down in those fights swinging ferociously and valiantly. In fact, we imagine he probably tried to kill his opponents in those two fights until he simply ran out of energy. But in April 2007, Robles met his true match when he crashed into a ditch by motorcycle where he suffered a broken knee cap, a dislocated elbow and a broken forearm. Also, his pinkie was screwed up…bad. So he did what none of us would ever do to salvage our careers.

Robles…didn’t have insurance and didn’t have enough money to cover the cost of the pinkie amputation. Doctors told him of a program at an area hospital in which he could have it done for free, but he would have to wait several months.
“I couldn’t wait,” said Robles, who works full time for an excavation company. “I was out for a while. I needed money, and I had a fight lined up.”
So he went home, put towels over the kitchen table and blocked off a working area with several two-by-fours. He put gauze around the area and twisted soldering wire around his right pinkie to slow the flow of blood.
“Then I put a wood chisel on it and dropped a 15-pound weight on the chisel,” Robles said. “The piece shot out about six feet like a missile.”

Robles’ pinkie now dangles around his neck during pre-fights to remind him about the days he could count to ten. Also, to motivate him to knock his opponents’ block off. Can Oscar De La Hoya get this guy on the undercard for December? We want to see this to believe it.

Just Hanging On By A Thread [WT via Deadspin]
Image [Washington Times]