Liam Wilkins and Hasan Karkardi to appeal against bans for Nick Blackwell spar

ByPA Sport

Published 19/01/2017 at 10:51 GMT

The trainer and fighter involved in the sparring session that left Nick Blackwell in hospital are to appeal against the punishments handed down by the British Boxing Board of Control.

Nick Blackwell, pictured, was seriously injured sparring Hasan Karkardi in Liam Wilkins' presence

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Trainer Liam Wilkins had his licence withdrawn and light-heavyweight Hasan Karkardi was given a six-month suspension after the incident involving Blackwell.

The retired middleweight, 26, who was forced to stop fighting after suffering a bleed on the skull in March, required surgery to reduce swelling on his brain after sparring Karkardi.

A joint statement from Wilkins, 21, and Karkardi, 29, read: "We will be challenging both the board's procedure and their findings as to the facts, which were made in the face of a (sic) substantial documentary and witness evidence to the contrary.

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"We will be making no further comment until the appeal process has concluded."

At the time the BBBofC announced the punishments, it described Wilkins' conduct as "detrimental to the interests of boxing".

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