Lawsuit
Filed in Contreras Injury A lawsuit was filed Thursday in Lansing on behalf of Juan Contreras, a 12-year old boxer, who was injured during a club show in March. Contreras was participating in his second amateur contest on March 15 at the Chenery Auditorium in Kalamazoo. Early in the third and final round, his opponent came on strong with a flurry of head shots and Referee Sean Curtain stepped in giving Contreras a standing 8-count. During the count, Curtain waved off the bout and called in the ringside doctor. Even before Crown Boxing Club Coach Ali Easley could quickly enter the ring carrying a stool, the young boxer collapsed in the referee’s arms. The civil suit makes several allegations including: that Contreras should not have been allowed to fight because he was not a registered boxer at the time of his injury; that Contreras’ training was insufficient to allow him to compete; that Contreras was improperly matched by weight and experience and that an ambulance should have been in attendance to speed medical care. Much of the text of the 21-page complaint filed Thursday in the 30th Circuit Court for Ingham County, in Lansing, re-asserts allegations against nearly a dozen individuals or companies in Michigan as well as USA Boxing in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Part
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