VOLUME 1 EDITION 6 CUTMAN NEWSLETTER (3) Nells gets the price dish while Rose lies unconscious Believe it or not women fought men and their own sex in bouts. This newsletter is designed as an educational Thirty-seven years later women’s boxing tool for amateur and professional coaches, was admitted but not excepted into the fighters, promoters and sports combat Olympics in St. Louis in 1904. enthusiasts, or fans of combat sports. Furthermore, the topics covered in the Women’s boxing followed a very different newsletter are relative to combat sports and route than their male counterparts. With for amateur and professionals working ring or octagon side whether that is a Cutman, most women taking part in exhibitions like Referee, Judge, or health care practitioner (4) Battling Barbara Buttrick who had a e.g. Doctor, Paramedic & EMT. fight screened on TV in 1954. We hope you enjoy the read.. Women’s Boxing We really must look at the very essence of female boxing to get a connection with women and their role in combat sports today. Furthermore, females have always had to fight two fights, the one in ring and the one outside of the ring with their peers to (4) Barbara Buttrick goes to the neutral corner as her get some well-earned respect and opponent takes the slow count acknowledgement. What follows is a brief history. The role of female officials in combat sports has shown the same passion and (1) As early as 1720 females fought in resilience as the women who fought in England under price fighting rules which back rooms and halls who loved their was later banned in Great Britain in 1880 sport. as the new Queensbury rules were implemented in 1865. In 1975 Eva Shain was the first women to officiate as a judge at a professional In the US in 1867 (2) women first officially boxing match. boxed in New York Hills Theatre Nell Saunders vs Rose Harland for a silver butter dish. 1 | WWW.MINUTEMEDICINEMAN.COM VOLUME 1 EDITION 6 In that same year Caroline Svendsen was a share of the world’s population being issued the very first professional boxing 0.13%, it really is remarkable. licence. By 1994 AIBA the world Athletic These women refused to let gender stop International Boxing Association lifts the them from acting out key roles in their ban on female boxing 2009 and in 2012 respected sports and sometimes took women’s boxing is included in the drastic action to get a fair deal in the sport Olympics for the very first time. they loved so much. Crowing the first ever female Olympic champions in amateur boxing (11) Nicola 1987 seen Marian Trimiar stage a month- Adams, Katie Taylor and Claressa Sheilds. long hunger strike so that women could get better conditions, pay and recognition for female boxers. Marian quotes (5), " It's my heart, it's my love," "Unless women get more recognition, we will be fighting just as a novelty for the rest of our lives. There will be no future." Nicola Adams the First Female 2 Time Gold Amateur Boxing Gold Medalist. References 1..HTTP://NEWS.BBC.CO.UK/SPORT2/HI/OLYMPIC_GAM ES/WORLD_OLYMPIC_DREAMS/8834938.STM- ACCESSED ON THE 12/07/2018 AT 1828 2. HTTPS://WWW.WNYC.ORG/STORY/183864-HISTORY-WOMENS- BOXING/ ACCESSED ON THE 12/07/2018 AT 14.27 3. http://www.fscclub.com/history/box-1876-e.shtml- accessed on the 12/07/2018 AT 18.57 4.http://www.fscclub.com/history/hbox1-e.shtml- accessed on the 12/07/2018 at 18.32 5.Houston Chronicle News Services 04/27/1987 (5) 1987. Marian Trimiar ("Lady Tyger") 6.http://www.fscclub.com/history/hbox2-e.shtml- accessed on the 12/07/2018 at 1929 In 1988 Sweden was the first country to 7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_%C3%85kesson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teuta_Cuni lift the ban on women’s amateur boxing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Laurell_Nash So, it’s no wonder to date that Sweden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikaela_Laur%C3%A9n boost an unprecedented number of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Olofsson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85sa_Sandell amateur and professional boxing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klara_Svensson contenders and champions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Wallberg accessed on the 13/07/2018 at 17.06 8. http://www.annaingman.com/ accessed on the Lena Åkesson, Teuta Cuni, Anna Names like 13/07/2018 at 17.14 Rosalie Eleonora Laurell Nash, Mikaela 9. https://www.olympic.org/helena-falk accessed on the Laurén, Sofia Olofsson, Åsa Maria Sandell, 13/07/2018 at 17.17 Klara Svensson, Freda Walburg, (8) Anna 10. www.worldometers.info/world-population/sweden- population/ accessed on the 13/07/2018 at 17.24 Ingman and (9) Helena Falk. 11.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_at_the_2012_Su mmer_Olympics#Women accessed on the 13/07/2018 This list is not exclusive to the names I list 12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Adams#/media/File above and when you consider the size of :Nicola_Adams_-_Our_Greatest_Team_Parade.jpg the population (10), under 10 million, with accessed on the 13/07/2018 at 17.53 2 | WWW.MINUTEMEDICINEMAN.COM VOLUME 1 EDITION 6 The Tools that We Use treat. All because you did not It really is a no brainer to utilize the best communicate this beforehand. equipment possible for single or multiple injuries on fighters in combat sports. Generally right-handed Cutmen/women work on their right side if you are outside of the ring. You’re favoured position may also depend on where the press box is and what obstacles are in your way. In MMA my personal choice in the octagon is to position myself on the side of the injury to give the coach access to the fighter. Tools Compounding a cut-persons work is bringing the wrong type of tools to treat It’s also essential to work on an injury in an injury and fumbling with equipment the shortest time possible so that you can while the fighter is moving, and you are utilize that one minute and administer an trying to administer a treatment(s). effective treatment on the wounded area(s) without wasting unnecessary time. Laceration Hematoma I’m going to give you two examples For most seasoned professionals starting with a dual treatment e.g. administering treatments should be well- laceration and hematoma. The last a nose practiced and highly skilled. So, for those injury or laceration across the bridge of regularly working on the circuit (40+ the nose, or nasal bridge. events annually) the art of doing in real time has no equal in terms of the practical It would seem like the simplest of choices application of treatments. to bring only what you need like some do e.g. a classic treatment with a laceration is You can work on manikins and other such to bring swabs and swelling an enswell. objects for practice. But the real thing is so loaded with other external factors that Often though an injury may only present delivering treatments may not be as easy itself when you are literally right there on as it looks sometimes. top of it cleaning away blood spatter. The last thing you want to have done is leave For example, the gate keeper (MMA some of your cut kit outside. Probably one octagon) may be new to the job and does of the reasons that most pro’s always not open the gate on time, over eager carry all their equipment for all coaches trying to cut across you. eventualities into the ring, or cage with If working with a fighter and their team them. My personal choice Qwick Aid, Ice for the very first time (boxing) and you Bags and for nose bleeds nasal wool. have not discussed which side you work from, or whether you need to get in the I use these tools for numerous reason, ring. You may find yourself outside of the they are more effective than conventional ring when you want to get in, or on the tools. They mould to the contours of the wrong side of the fighter that you need to face, adhere to the wound, and expand in 3 | WWW.MINUTEMEDICINEMAN.COM VOLUME 1 EDITION 6 the nasal cavity. Importantly, they are not it is on and in the injury site as they can’t prescribed substances. see it. In my eyes, that really is more work than Let’s have a look at Qwick Aid, it moulds is necessary. You will need both your to the contours of the face, adheres to the hands to administer this treatment and wound giving you an opportunity to hold it in place (Fig 2.). remove your hands while you work on KEEP IT SIMPLE! multiple injuries. As for Ice bags, same goes in terms of use, they also mould to the contours of facial features and are easily disposed of after each bout at little expense €0.03. Combined both really work well on laceration-hematoma. As you can apply your Qwick Aid on the Injury and place the ice bag over the top (fig 1.). Maintaining good compression over the site of injury and a cold compress on the hematoma. Fig. 2 Nasal Bridge Laceration Again, my personal preference is Qwick Aid and for the same reasons I mentioned earlier, ‘QA moulds to the contours of the facial features’ (fig. 3) Fig. 1 In comparison to using swabs and enswells, there is no comparison. As the swab must be held in place and does not mould to the contours of the face.