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It's has been seven months since an El Dorado boxer died after a heavyweight bout in Central Arkansas. Monday the Arkansas State Athletic Commission released its findings as to what it believes caused his death.
While boxing may have a bad reputation as being a dangerous sport, the State Athletic Commission says deaths in combative sports are actually very rare. This is the first professional boxing death in Arkansas according to the commission.
Anthony Jones was 28 years old, athletic, very muscular and described as a fitness guru. Not someone who you would expect to go into cardiac arrest and have multiple organs fail, but that's what the Arkansas Athletic Commission believes happened to him. He died hours after being knocked out in the second round of a heavyweight bout in Benton in January.
Commissioner Jason Stuart says, "No one thing that was done by Mr. Jones or that happened within his body would have by itself been lethal or fatal to him, but when they all combined into the perfect storm it was something that his body just could not survive."
According to the report Jones never lost consciousness and the commission says a doctor was by his side within seconds.
While the State Medical Examiner cited a concussion as the primary cause of death, the commission found that wasn't the main factor. The investigation found Jones' use of nutritional supplements including protein, creatine and potassium contributed to his death along with the use of banned anabolic steroids.
Stuart says, "We took great measures to not leave any stone unturned."
The only real change the commission is making as a result of its investigation is when it administers breathalyzer tests. A trace amount of alcohol was found in Jones' system even though he passed a breathalyzer test hours before he entered the ring. Now the test is administered when boxers glove up.
You can read the commission's full report by clicking on the link beside this story.
It's has been seven months since an El Dorado boxer died after a heavyweight bout in Central Arkansas. Monday the Arkansas State Athletic Commission released its findings as to what it believes caused his death.
While boxing may have a bad reputation as being a dangerous sport, the State Athletic Commission says deaths in combative sports are actually very rare. This is the first professional boxing death in Arkansas according to the commission.
Anthony Jones was 28 years old, athletic, very muscular and described as a fitness guru. Not someone who you would expect to go into cardiac arrest and have multiple organs fail, but that's what the Arkansas Athletic Commission believes happened to him. He died hours after being knocked out in the second round of a heavyweight bout in Benton in January.
Commissioner Jason Stuart says, "No one thing that was done by Mr. Jones or that happened within his body would have by itself been lethal or fatal to him, but when they all combined into the perfect storm it was something that his body just could not survive."
According to the report Jones never lost consciousness and the commission says a doctor was by his side within seconds.
While the State Medical Examiner cited a concussion as the primary cause of death, the commission found that wasn't the main factor. The investigation found Jones' use of nutritional supplements including protein, creatine and potassium contributed to his death along with the use of banned anabolic steroids.
Stuart says, "We took great measures to not leave any stone unturned."
The only real change the commission is making as a result of its investigation is when it administers breathalyzer tests. A trace amount of alcohol was found in Jones' system even though he passed a breathalyzer test hours before he entered the ring. Now the test is administered when boxers glove up.
You can read the commission's full report by clicking on the link beside this story.
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