Boxing has ‘cookie-cutter’ approach to concussion and lacks CTE prevention strategies, Shane Tuck inquiry told

Victorian boxing regulator says treatment of head injuries should ‘be based on medical assessments of individuals and their capability to heal’

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The new head of Victoria’s professional boxing regulator has embraced criticism the sport has a “cookie-cutter” approach to concussion and lacks CTE prevention strategies, an inquest has heard.

Alan Clayton, chair of the Professional Boxing and Combat Sports Board, told the inquest into former AFL footballer Shane Tuck’s death the organisation was “receptive” to the assessment of the internationally renowned neurosurgeon Dr Robert Cantu, whose report he called “a really powerful piece of work”.

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