‘The boxing culture needs to change’ Dr Nitin K. Sethi outlines the steps he believes boxing needs to take to be safer. The fight doctor talks to Phil Rogers THERE is always one figure at ringside who never hopes for fireworks. The knockouts, the punishment, and the back-and-forth drama all create a heady cocktail for the assembled throng come fight night. One essential seat, however, that’s always allocated at the coalface of the action is reserved for the doctor responsible for the welfare of those in battle. For the ringside physician the stakes could not be higher. Crucial, and potentially life-saving, decisions are required to be made in an instant, judgments that have to be entirely removed from the pressures of a crowd baying for blood and a fighter too brave for his own good. The fact that Dr Nitin K. Sethi – who was interviewed by Tris DIxon for his book, Damage – fulfils this role while operating as a highly respected neurologist places him in a unique and invaluable position when discussing the brain health of boxers. He spoke to Boxing News about his work to create a safer sport.