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

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By Luke Reddy
BBC Sport at Las Vegas
Tyson Fury’s trainer Ben Davison has combined fighters and pundits in defending Rob McCracken against criticism that he put Anthony Joshua’s life at risk during his defeat from Andy Ruiz Jr..
Brain injury charity Headway says it is”shocking” that coach McCracken told 5 Live Boxing he”knew Joshua was concussed” during his loss to Ruiz in June.
McCracken, 51, has said it was not.
“I don’t think the individuals who have thought Rob have some knowledge or experience of boxing,” Davison told BBC Sport.
“When a fighter goes down I would imagine that has some form of concussive impact each moment.
“If Rob would be to have pulled upward and blamed or criticised then I want criticising too since Tyson got knocked against Deontay Wilder in round nine and 12 and I allowed it to continue. If he is getting criticised I want it also.”
McCracken has been supported by the British Boxing Board of Control.
Joshua was floored twice in round seven and twice in around three from Ruiz, that picked up both the WBO, IBF and WBA world heavyweight names at Madison Square Garden.
Throughout the fight, Joshua asked McCracken between rounds what around was following, and until the seventh, asked:”Why am I feeling like this?”
Headway says McCracken’s assertion that his charge fought on concussed showed the trainer’s”single priority was on winning the fight” rather than shielding Joshua out of”a potentially fatal harm”.
The organisation also stated concussion protocols in boxing”are not worth the paper they are written on”.
BBC Radio 5 Live boxing analyst Steve Bunce said:”This is an outrageous comment for any firm to make about boxing, particularly in Britain, in which the British Boxing Board of Control are the major body once it regards boxer care.
“They are continuously reviewing boxers. That is an unnecessary comment. Since it is much too strong I am outraged by that.
“What occurred , McCracken simply picked the wrong word. He’s stated Joshua was even the term we use in boxing , gone, and also dazed, stunned. All of them fall far short of concussion, a word that is significant. I truly believe he used the incorrect word.”
Back in July, Hugo Alfredo Santillan and Russian Maxim Dadashev became the 11th and 12th fighters to perish as a result of injuries sustained in the ring over the Last Decade.
McCracken has notably let fighters continue after knockdowns before, together with Joshua regaining to prevent Carl Froch rallying to overcome George Groves at 2013 and Wladimir Klitschko in 2017.
Wondering how boxing would survive if boxers were removed from bouts if they’re concussed, Dave Coldwell, who trained Tony Bellew and works together with the likes of Anthony Fowler and Jordan Gill, said:”It’d be the end of boxing.
“All combat sports, also it could be the end. That is the reason why people opt to box and many others don’t.
“Occasionally a fighter will return and isn’t concussed and will ask what we are in as he’s that wrapped up in a fight.
“There are times in which you think someone needs pulling out then suddenly they move out in the next round and so are fresh as a daisy and pull it back”
Head trauma is a fiercely debated topic in athletics, with soccer, both codes of cricket and rugby most encircle diverse concussion protocols.
Former European bantamweight champion Spencer Oliver told BBC World Service:”When I had my first European title defence I didn’t realise I had been concussed but that I should have been.
“The doctor came in and asked me easy questions. I couldn’t for the life span of me figure out which day it was. She stated I’d go to hospital if I got it wrong a second time. She asked me and I guessed and got it .”
Oliver, who was put in a coma after being hurt in a fight in 1998, included:”I have understood Joshua since day one, when he has hurt he chooses a couple of rounds [to recover]. I know what Rob was really thinking.
“He was obviously concussed, most of us saw that. But if I was in exactly the identical situation I am not sure I’d have pulled Joshua out.”
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