DEATH IN BOXING RING.

Shannon News, 6 March 1923, Page 4

DEATH IN BOXING RING.

♦ VERDICT OF MISADVENTURE. NELSON, Last Night. At the adjourned inquest on 'William Tapp, Dr. W. D. S. Johnston said the deceased was well trained and physically fit. It appeared to witness as if deceased lost his balance. He spun in the air dnd fell on the staging on the back of his head with a loud thud. Death was due to the fall on the stage, not to any blow received while fighting. At the conclusion or the evidence, the coroner, Mr. T. E. Maunsell, S.M. said: “ Upon the evidence I can only come to one conclusion—that death was due to misadventure. I am not altogether satisfied that the covering On the floor was as effective as it might have been for the purpose of providing against the contingency of a man’s skull corning into violent contact with floor, but I do not propose to express any definite opinion other than to say that it is a matter which might come under con. sideration by the boxing authorities. The evidence shows that the ring was constructed according to the regulations. I shall return a verdict that deceased died from a. fracture of the base of the skull the injury being sustained by deceased while engaged in a boxing contest with Herbert Robinson. The contest was under the control of the Nelson Boxing Association with the necessary police permit. There was ho infringement by Robin, son of the rules governing boxing and the death of the deceased was acci. dental.”