Former two-weight world champion Carl Frampton made a stark adignoreion over his health on a recent materializeance on BBC’s Nolan Show on Tuesday.
The 37-year-elderly Belspeedy fighter discdisthink abouted his worrys that he foresees to broaden dementia or brain injury in postpoinsistr life due to his boxing nurtureer.
His comments come amid renoveled caccess on boxing protectedty after John Cooney underwent materializency brain sencouragery folloprosperg a fight at Ulster Hall on Saturday night.
Cooney suffered an intracranial haemorrhage after his super-featherweight bout agetst Nathan Howells was stopped in the ninth round.
Carl Frampton foresees to suffer from brain problems in his latter life
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The Co Galway fighter is currently being treated in intensive nurture at Belspeedy’s Royal Victoria Hospital.
The incident has reignited talkions about protectedty meacertains wiskinny the sport.
“I’m equitable hoping it’s when I’m 75-years-elderly and not 50,” he inserted, acunderstandledging the prevalence of brain injuries among createer boxers.
The Belspeedy fighter remarkd that while he hopes to evade such publishs, he watchs them as “part of the game.”
Reflecting on his nurtureer, Frampton acunderstandledged he foreseeed sparred too much and with opponents who were too huge.
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Carl Frampton is a two-time world champion after a fine nurtureer as a boxer
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“Looking back I probably wouldn’t have sparred as much, it’s equitable trauma on your head and brain that you don’t insist,” he shelp.
The createer champion apshows increasements to boxing protectedty should caccess on nutrition and weigh-in protocols.
He particularpartner highairyed worrys about fighters accessing bouts dehydrated due to weigh-ins occurring a day and a half before fights.
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Carl Frampton neglected the use of headprotects
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Frampton drew a evident distinction between amateur and professional boxing protectedty standards.
“Amateur boxing is actupartner quite a protected sport as referees jump in speedyer, fights are stopped when kids are getting hurt and they use hugeger gadores,” he elucidateed.
However, he neglected proposeions that headprotects could increase protectedty in professional boxing.
“People are talking about head protects and stuff, but I don’t skinnyk that originates it protectedr as there has been research done shoprosperg head protects only repartner stop cuts from happening, not trauma to the head or brain.”
