Thomas Carty has explained what led to him falling out of the ring early in his contest with Dave Allen this past weekend.
The pair took to the ring on the undercard of Kate Taylor’s last ever professional fight at Croke Park in Dublin. Both men were landing some shots early on, but after just 90 seconds, Allen landed an accidental blow on the back of Carty’s head.
The Irishman then fell forwards into a clinch, but then carried on and fell through the ropes and onto the floor, face first, beside the ring. The fight was called off as Carty couldn’t continue and it was ruled a no contest.
In a statement shared on X, Carty’s team explained what they claim happened.
“After just one minute and 30 seconds of Round 1 Thomas Carty had received 2 illegal blows to the back of his head in last night’s contest at Croke Park on the Katie Taylor undercard.
“The second blow causing Thomas a momentarily lapse forcing Thomas to reach for the ropes to regain his balance and the loose ropes gave way propelling Thomas head first out of the ring causing him to strike his head on a ringside table. In turn this caused Thomas a suspected concussion and unfortunately an end to this fight on instructions from the ringside Doctor.
“After spending time at the hospital and receiving a brain scan Thomas is now at home recovering and more importantly healthy.”
Allen has doubted this account and thinks the referee should have started a 10-count. He has said he will protest the no contest and will seek to be given the win as he feels he was already showing he was too strong for the Irishman, and had said that if he didn’t win, he would retire.
