Brain Injury Charity Wants Boxing To Be Banned After Maxim Dadashev Death

A brain injury charity has called for boxing to be banned following the death of a Russian boxer.

A few days ago, the boxing world was saddened by the death of junior welterweight boxer Maxim Dadashev. As a result, brain injury charity called Headway is calling for boxing to banned as a sport.

Headway has described Dadashev’s death as an “unacceptable waste of yet another young life” and the charity's Chief executive Peter McCabe believes that boxing in all aspects is "senseless," Give Me Sport noted.

"We are saddened to hear of this tragic loss of life and our thoughts go out to Maxim’s family and friends," McCabe said.

"Suggestions that boxers understand the risk, or that such tragedies are unpredictable are simply not credible. Young boxers are not provided with the information to make an informed choice. So long as the ultimate objective of boxing is to render your opponent senseless by repeated blows to the head, then boxing will remain a dangerous activity," he added.

Dadashev died Tuesday morning as a result of brain injuries he suffered during an 11th-round knockout loss to Subriel Matias on Friday at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

The Russian boxer's coach, Buddy McGirt, revealed some vital information just moments after Dadashev was rushed to the hospital. "He didn't want me to stop it. Iasked like 5 times, he said no," McGirt revealed.

McGirt continued by stating what happened to Dadashev that strengthened the fact that the boxer was already in a critical condition even before he made it to the hospital. "He threw up," McGirt added.

Just recently, another boxer died due to brain injuries incurred in a boxing match. Hugo Santillán, a 23-year-old boxer from Argentina, died on Thursday from injuries he sustained in a fight on Saturday. Santillan had been in a coma for five days, and is the second boxer in a week to die from fight injuries.

Santillán lasted 10 rounds of boxing and managed to win via split decision but had to be held up by his trainers once the fight was over. He lost consciousness in the ring while waiting for the results to be announced.

According to Yahoo Sports, Santillán developed a brain clot that required surgery, and subsequently went into cardiac arrest twice. He never woke up following the surgery.

In the past, boxers who suffered brain injuries were usually the ageing ones. But the death of Dadashev and Santillán proves that not only older fighters are at risk whenever they step inside the ring.