Timothy Hague fatality inquiry recommends better oversight [Video]

CALGARY –

The judge leading a fatality inquiry into the knockout death of a boxer has recommended changes to how the sport is regulated and how head injuries are monitored.

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Timothy Hague, a 34-year-old former kindergarten teacher once nicknamed The Thrashing Machine, competed in a boxing match licensed by the Edmonton Combative Sports Commission in June 2017. 

His opponent, Adam Braidwood, knocked Hague unconscious in the second round. 

The heavyweight fighter came to and was able to walk to the dressing room. He was being looked after by a ringside doctor when he vomited, laid down and lost consciousness again. Paramedics took him to the hospital, where he underwent surgery for a large brain bleed. 

His condition didn’t improve, care was withdrawn and Hague died two days after the fight.

The inquiry was not meant to find fault but to come up …