SECOND AUSSIE BOXER DIES AFTER BEING BEATEN BY FILIPINO OPPONENT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 15 Sep 2015
Australian boxer Davey Browne Jr has died in hospital three days after being knocked out by Filipino Carlo Magali in the last 30 seconds of the twelfth round of a regional title fight in Sydney over the weekend.
The 28 year old Browne was leading on points when he was knocked out although he appeared to have been hurt in round six and eleven.
Another Australian boxer Braydon Smith who dropped a 10-round decision to Filipino John Moralde in a title fight for the WBC Asian Boxing Council Continental featherweight championship in a torrid bout in Toowoomba last March 14 also died of brain injuries after he collapsed and underwent emergency surgery following Smith being placed in an induced coma.
Browne's family decided to turn off the life support system according to well-known boxing promoter Peter Maniatis who said
the fighter was breathing on his own but he regrettably passed away.
Reports from ringside said that "although the father of two regained consciousness after the knock-out blow, he then collapsed from his stool and was taken to Liverpool hospital in a critical condition suffering from brain injuries.
The president of the Australian National Boxing Federation, John McDougall, who witnessed the match, told the Sydney Morning Herald the boxer had ?dropped? in front of him after the Filipino hit him with a crashing punch and he was out cold before he hit the floor.?
McDougall said. ?The doctor gave him oxygen and an ambulance was there in seconds.? Police have confirmed a postmortem examination
will be conducted and a report prepared for the coroner.
Earlier this month, the Australian Medical Association released a position statement calling on boxing to be banned from the Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. The association also recommended a ban on all forms of combat sport for people aged under 18 years.
Association president Professor Brian Owler said at the time, "Head injuries are essentially invisible, and can evolve over time. Even what may appear to be minor head injuries can turn serious very quickly."
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