• BBBC general secretary, Robert Smith, defends procedures
• 'Every boxer who participates knows the dangers'
The Guardian, Sunday 7 April 2013 17.56 BST
Michael Norgrove's death not our fault, says UK boxing boss
The British Boxing
Board of Control general secretary, Robert Smith, insists the death of
Michael Norgrove was a result of the inherent danger of the sport rather
than any procedural failings.
Norgrove died in hospital on Saturday, nine days after developing a blood clot on his brain during his sixth professional fight, against Tom Bowen at The Ring in Blackfriars, London.
The referee, Jeff Hinds, stopped the contest early in the fifth of the scheduled six rounds after growing concerned by the 31-year-old light-middleweight's behaviour. Norgrove subsequently collapsed and was immediately taken to hospital.
"We are one of the strictest authorities in the world," Smith told BBC Radio 5 Live. "This is an acute injury that can happen any time. He had his medicals done and had his brain scans done.
"There was nothing there of any concern whatsoever, otherwise he wouldn't have been in the ring. He was a fit young man but we can't guarantee an acute injury can't happen – no doctor in the world can guarantee an acute injury can't happen."
"We all know the dangers that boxing has, every boxer that participates knows the dangers."
"As a governing body we put in place all the medical provisions we possibly can, but of course these things still happen."
Norgrove, a former amateur and white-collar fighter from Woodford Green, is the first boxer to die in a British ring since Scottish bantamweight James Murray in Glasgow in 1995.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/apr/07/michael-norgrove-death-bbbc-robert-smith
Norgrove died in hospital on Saturday, nine days after developing a blood clot on his brain during his sixth professional fight, against Tom Bowen at The Ring in Blackfriars, London.
The referee, Jeff Hinds, stopped the contest early in the fifth of the scheduled six rounds after growing concerned by the 31-year-old light-middleweight's behaviour. Norgrove subsequently collapsed and was immediately taken to hospital.
"We are one of the strictest authorities in the world," Smith told BBC Radio 5 Live. "This is an acute injury that can happen any time. He had his medicals done and had his brain scans done.
"There was nothing there of any concern whatsoever, otherwise he wouldn't have been in the ring. He was a fit young man but we can't guarantee an acute injury can't happen – no doctor in the world can guarantee an acute injury can't happen."
"We all know the dangers that boxing has, every boxer that participates knows the dangers."
"As a governing body we put in place all the medical provisions we possibly can, but of course these things still happen."
Norgrove, a former amateur and white-collar fighter from Woodford Green, is the first boxer to die in a British ring since Scottish bantamweight James Murray in Glasgow in 1995.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/apr/07/michael-norgrove-death-bbbc-robert-smith
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