Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailA family is calling for a ban on white collar boxing after a young man was left fighting for his life following a bout. Ben Sandiford, 20, suffered a bleed on the brain, two cardiac arrests and had to be given CPR after his scrap was stopped. Scans show a contusion to his frontal left lobe and a bleed on the brain. (Image: SWNS.com)Sport governing bodies, including England Boxing, have raised concerns about safety standards at the bouts, describing them as “effectively unlicensed”. In June 2014, Lance Ferguson-Prayogg, 32, from Liverpool, died from kidney failure two days after a white collar fight in Nottingham.

Source: Daily Mirror June 06, 2018 23:03 UTC