Boxer on Oleksandr Usyk vs Dubois card livid after workers refused hospital journey
Anthony Yigit, who fought on the undercard earlier than Oleksandr Usyk‘s win over Daniel Dubois, has slammed occasion organisers for failing to sew up a minimize on his eyebrow and initially refusing to take him to the hospital. Yigit misplaced on factors to Denys Berinchyk after going into the bout because the clear underdog and was left with a nasty gash above his eye.
Yigit was bloodied and bruised after the ultimate bell in Poland however was initially denied a hospital journey by occasion bosses on condition that his accidents had been deemed ‘non life-threatening’. They additionally lacked the required tools to sew him up on the stadium, which resulted in his gaping wound being left untreated for a number of hours.
The Swede was left livid by the scenario and took to X, previously Twitter, to demand an evidence. He wrote: “Need to get my eyebrow stitched but apparently they didn’t have the tools for it in the arena. Also they couldn’t take me to the hospital cuz my injuries aren’t life threatening. Been four hours with an open cut on my eyebrow now.”
Yigit later posted a video from outdoors the hospital, by which he accused the promotional firm of failing of their responsibility of care to fighters. He additionally questioned what may need occurred if his minimize was as unhealthy because the one suffered by Badou Jack, who wanted 25 stitches on his brow because of an unintentional headbutt in his struggle with Marcus Browne in 2019.
The 31-year-old defined: “After the fight I had a cut here [above the left eyebrow] and a cut on my head and also this [right eye] has swollen up. I told them I needed a stitch and they told me in the event that they can’t do it because they don’t have the equipment for it.
“I wanted to go to a hospital to do it as a result of that they had the tools there. I mentioned ‘okay, so let’s go’ and so they mentioned ‘no, we will not take you to the hospital’. I mentioned ‘why?’. They mentioned ‘as a result of the ambulance is just for life-threatening accidents’. So I’m like ‘okay, so what am I imagined to do?’
“They told me that I needed to get to the hospital by myself. So basically, I just fought my f****** heart out and then they just were like ‘oh, thank you so much but get the f*** out of here because we don’t care anymore’. I came to the hospital after a lot of fighting. Finally they decided to get me to the hospital with the ambulance, they just dumped me there.
“Luckily they may sew me up and now I’m outdoors the hospital with no trip, I’m simply standing right here. K2 Promotions, I anticipated a lot better from you. You guys are imagined to ensure that fighters are protected. I’m simply fortunate I did not get a minimize like Badou Jack or a few of the different cuts. What’s going to occur then, if I get minimize that unhealthy and you’ll’t sew it up, what’s occurring then?”