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Oliver: Boxing safety improved
- Updated: October 2, 2016
Spencer Oliver has reflected on his own career-ending injury and the changes in safety measures as boxing mourns Mike Towell.
Dundee welterweight Towell passed away at the age of 25 in the wake of Thursday’s fifth-round stoppage defeat to Dale Evans.
Former European super-bantamweight champion Oliver suffered a life-threatening brain clot in 1998 after being halted by Serhiy Divakov at the Royal Albert Hall and recovered but was forced to retire from the sport.
He said in the wake of Towell’s death: “There are inherent risks involved. Boxing comes into the spotlight because two guys come into the ring and one …
