Boxing safety after Johnny Owen death

Title

Boxing safety after Johnny Owen death

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:02:54

Description

Telephone interview with Sports Minister Hector Monro on the standard of boxing safety controls after serious injuries suffered by Welsh bantamweight Johnny Owen during a world title fight in Los Angeles (09/80). Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Hector Monro

Keywords

Deaths; Sport; Occupational health and safety; Licences; Brain injuries; Sportsmen; Boxing; Boxers; British Board of Boxing Control; Johnny Owen

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