Black Sports : Safety panel considers heavier gloves, more training

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LAS VEGAS -- A committee exploring boxing safety is considering several new rules intended to keep fighters from dying in the ring.

At a Thursday meeting of the Advisory Committee on Boxer Health and Safety, members suggested increasing glove size, monitoring training sessions, improving referee training, giving ringside physicians the authority to stop fights and requiring stricter qualifications for the people working in the fighter's corner.

The committee was formed after Leavander Johnson died from head injuries suffered in a Sept. 22 bout with Jesus Chavez at the MGM Grand hotel-casino. It is expected to report its recommendations to the Nevada Athletic Commission in April.

Former Olympic coach and trainer Ken Adams said he thinks boxers are often injured in sparring. He suggested they not be allowed to spar the week of the fight and be required to wear 20-ounce gloves.

Referee Joe Cortez, who also advocated the use of larger gloves, said there must be a process to ensure a trainer is qualified before he is allowed to work a fighter's corner.

Committee member Dr. James Nave questioned whether boxers should be allowed to have relatives in their corners.

Johnson's father, Bill, served as his son's trainer.

Johnson's death was the sixth in the ring in Las Vegas since 1994 and the second this year. Martin Sanchez died in July as a result of injuries suffered in a bout with Rustam Nugaev at The Orleans. Two other boxers, William Abelyan and Leopoldo Gonzalez, suffered career-ending head injuries in bouts in Las Vegas in 2005.

Committee chairman Sig Rogich said he didn't think new regulations would be able to prevent boxing-related deaths. Brutality is part of the nature of the sport and part of its appeal, he said.

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Good article bruh.....I don't think there's anything that can be done though about the deaths in boxing especially when a lot of folks walk around with that physical problem that no doctor's ever noticed that would never otherwise show itself until you take a few hundred shots to the head then bam you're gone.....I think boxing is already regulated to the edge of where it can stand any more rules without losing it's appeal.....folks these days are not so keen on bloodsport anymore and the ones that want to help by regulating the sport even more fail to realize what boxing is at its core.....even though it is the sweet science and way more complex than most realize in the end it's two highly skilled(most times anyway) well trained men trying to beat each other into submission...boxers take more punishment in 1 fight than most men will in a lifetime and the subsequent deaths are sadly going to be a part of that.....it's the same in Thailand with muay thai, and almost any other combat sport....the only reason they don't have as many deaths in the MMA ranks is only because of the guys usually not getting hit in the head half as much as a boxer and the fights being stopped a lot faster.....most boxing matches see anywhere from 30 to close to 100 or so punches thrown per round per boxer depending on how active the fighter is with at maybe 60% or more being head shots...not all landing but usually the majority landing and that's per round...now over 12 rounds that's a lot of punishment and with boxers just coming in fighting at least every other month or so it doesn't take a genius to figure out why fighters who have have active careers slur when they talk or have trouble with their memory and at times their motor skills...to me it's part of the game....not that I like it but thats' just the way it is....and to think what it used to be like...with guys fighting upwards of over 20 rounds and before that in the bare knuckle days when they fought until it was done.......it's like the Thais they have a few deaths yearly from Muay Thai even though they only have 5 rounds the difference being some of the Thai fighters I know have had upwards of 100 or more fights....with 30 or more coming before they even turn 18 anyway I lost my focus but yall get the point.....death from head injuries goes with boxing like broken bones and football as long as we do it it's going to happen......


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