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Just back from a charity boxing event where my nephew who is 15 years old was boxing in. He was part of a boxing club until it closed its doors due to lack of funding. The boxing tonight was a white collar event. There was a Dr present. My nephew was the 2nd to fight. Like I said he is 15 and the boxer who he was fighting against was in his 30s!!! My nephew has fought in events before with his boxing club and every fight he has worn Head gear but no head gear tonight. The older guy was hitting my nephew with some powerful punches I could hardly watch this fight but he did well but nobody out with his family had any concerns over the pairing. When approached his coach thought it wouldn’t be right if you wore her gear it wouldn’t look like he said. Should this really be happening? Am I being overprotective my nephew or was this just wrong?
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I'd like to arrange a fight with your nephew I hear he's a warrior. -
If it was a charity event they should've had head gear on, no reason for them to be fighting without seeing as neither are top flight amateurs or professional, you from England ?, I've fought in1 of the UWCB charity events and everyone was required to wear headgear.
The matching wasn't exactly fair at my event either, they matched purely on weight and nothing else.
The only thing I can think of is that it wasn't actually a charity event and your nephew was fighting for money, white collar may as well just be people off the streets fighting with little experience.
The doctors at these events aren't exactly fantastic either, sounds like something was wrong with the event, either it wasn't official or it wasn't for charity.Comment
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The guy who organised the fights was questioned at the end by my sister. You might know him he’s a ****y **** from Aberdeen. The older guy had less experience than my 15 year old nephew. I still can’t quite get my head round why anyone would think it was a good idea to put a 15 year old against a 30+ in a boxing match experience or no.Comment
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If it was just labelled as a "white collar" bout without anything else then it wasn't official, in most of those the matching is skewered a lot and they don't really care what happens, it's usually used to build up local boxers by putting them in with someone sometimes a lot younger or older, a lot less inexperienced or more just to put another name on their record.
If you're 100% that it was for charity then it shouldn't have been like that in any way, shouldn't have been matched with someone that much older than him at all, seems very fishy.
These are the most well known charity boxing guys in England, look at some of their fights to see how it should be.
Another option could be that there was no one else your nephews weight to match him against, is he a big guy or nah ?.
Edit: Even in that case they'll usually ring a guy in as a replacement. Strange.
Were many of the other fights the same way ?.Comment
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It was a fundraiser sorry just been corrected. My nephew is now really sore about the head and nose and is going to get checked over at a & e. I’m mad with myself for not making a bigger noise about it at the time.Comment
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Is he okay ?, what did the guy say to your sister after she questioned him ?.
Still seems fishy though, fundraiser by an official organization or no ?, I'd chase that up if I was you and see what they've done in the past or if anyone else any complaints about it or has reported them.
Any boxing official, referee or Dr who has done bouts before should know that if the bout isn't for money or involving national+ level amateurs they should be wearing headgear, no reason not to and it's dangerous, tell me he had a groin guard at least.Last edited by NChristo-; 12-09-2018, 06:16 PM.Comment
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He’s away into hospital 30 miles away as our local hospital only deals with minor injuries. We’re all feeling sick about this I’m just off the phone to sister. I don’t think he had a groin guard on.Last edited by Rawson; 12-09-2018, 06:29 PM.Comment
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Mild concussionComment
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