Tyson Fury trainer Ben Davison defends Rob McCracken over ‘concussion’ criticism

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By Luke Reddy
BBC Sport in Las Vegas
Tyson Fury’s trainer Ben Davison has combined fighters and pundits in protecting Rob McCracken against criticism that he place Anthony Joshua’s life in danger during his defeat by Andy Ruiz Jr..
Brain injury charity Headway states it’s”shocking” that trainer McCracken told 5 Live Boxing that he”understood Joshua was concussed” throughout his reduction to Ruiz at June.
McCracken, 51, has said it was not the term he intended to use.
“I really don’t think the folks who have thought Rob have any experience or knowledge of boxing,” Davison told BBC Sport.
“When a fighter goes I would imagine that has some form of concussive effect each moment.
“If Rob is to get pulled upward and blamed or criticised afterward I need criticising too since Tyson got knocked against Deontay Wilder in around nine and 12 and I let it carry on. So if he is getting criticised I want it also.”
McCracken has been supported by the British Boxing Board of Control.
Joshua was floored in round three and twice in round seven from Ruiz, who picked up both the WBO, IBF and WBA world heavyweight names at Madison Square Garden.
Throughout the fight, Joshua asked McCracken involving rounds what around was next, and before the seventh, asked:”Why am I feeling like this?”
Headway states McCracken’s assertion that his bill fought on concussed showed the coach’s”sole priority was about winning the fight” rather than protecting Joshua from”a possibly fatal harm”.
The organization also stated concussion protocols in boxing”aren’t worth the paper they are written on”.
BBC Radio 5 Live boxing analyst Steve Bunce said:”This is an outrageous comment for any business to make about boxing, especially in Britain, in which the British Boxing Board of Control would be the top body when it regards fighter care.
“They are constantly reviewing boxers. That is an unnecessary comment. Since it is far too powerful, I am slightly outraged by this.
“What occurred , McCracken simply picked the wrong word. He’s stated Joshua was so the term we use in boxing , and also dazed, stunned. They all fall of concussion, a word that is serious. I truly believe he used the wrong word.”
Back in July, Russian Maxim Dadashev and Argentine Hugo Alfredo Santillan became the 11th and 12th fighters to perish as a result of injuries.
McCracken has especially let fighters last after significant knockdowns previously, with Joshua regaining to prevent Wladimir Klitschko in 2017 and Carl Froch rallying to conquer George Groves in 2013.
Wondering how boxing could survive if fighters were eliminated from bouts if they’re concussed, Dave Coldwell, that trained Tony Bellew and today works with the likes of Anthony Fowler and Jordan Gill, said:”It’d be the end of boxing.
“All combat sports, so it could be the end. This is the reason why people opt to box and many others don’t.
“Occasionally a fighter will come back and isn’t concussed and will inquire what round we are in as he is that wrapped up into a struggle.
“There have been times in which you believe someone wants pulling out and then suddenly they venture out within another round and so are fresh as a daisy and pull it back”
Head trauma is a hotly debated topic in sports, with the two codes of rugby and cricket, soccer all boasting concussion protocols.
Former European bantamweight champion Spencer Oliver told BBC World Service:”When I had my very first European title defence I did not realise I was concussed but that I must have been.
“The doctor came in and asked me simple questions. I could not for the life span of me work out what day it had been. She stated if I got it wrong another time I would visit hospital. She asked me again and I guessed and got it straight.”
Oliver, who had been placed in a coma after being injured in a struggle in 1998, added:”I have understood Joshua since afternoon, once he has hurt he takes a few rounds [to recover]. I understand what Rob was believing.
“He was obviously concussed, we all found that. But when I had been in precisely the exact identical situation I am not sure I’d have pulled Joshua out.”
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