The Quebec Coroner’s Office recommends that the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux (RACJ) strengthen its control measures before authorizing a boxer who has suffered a knockout. during his previous fight to get back in the ring.
The Dr Jacques Ramsay, who was investigating the death of Mexican boxer Jeanette Zacarias Zapata which occurred at a gala held in Montreal in August 2021, notes in a report released today that the organization should “systematically” demand a complete description of the knockout , a video of the fight if possible as well as the report of the post-fight medical examination “to be able to better appreciate” the nature of the injuries suffered by the athlete.
The coroner also suggests that the RACJ requires the production of a neuropsychology report which could make it possible to detect neurological dysfunctions “even when the boxer seems to have no symptoms and does not perceive anything abnormal”, which was apparently the case for Jeanette Zacarias Zapata.
The boxer had been knocked out. in May in Mexico during a violent fight and subjected to a 60-day suspension which expired a few weeks before her fateful fight in Montreal.