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Barry D. Jordan, MD
Department of Neurology The New York-Cornell Medical Center 525 E 68th St New York, NY 10021

Arch Neurol. 1988;45(7):713.

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To the Editor.

—In reading Dr Hochman's letter,¹ it appears that he is under the false impression that lay proposals and medical recommendations to reform boxing creates an illusion of safety. As a ringside physician with the United States Amateur Boxing Federation and the New York State Athletic Commission, I have had the opportunity to observe the beneficial role of the ringside physician and the efficacy of proper neurologic evaluation in providing increased safety to the boxer.

On occasion, the properly trained ringside physician can be more successful than the referee in terminating a bout before significant acute neurologic injury can occur. Referees, similar to other humans, are vulnerable to subjective errors in decision making. Accordingly, the referee may fail to terminate a fight at the proper time. The ringside physician can serve as an additional fail-safe mechanism, when the referee incorrectly allows a neurologically impaired boxer the opportunity . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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