I’m not sure I want to fight again, says Woodhouse after Scott Westgarth’s death

Former British super lightweight champion Curtis Woodhouse admits he may never step into the boxing ring again after Scott Westgarth’s death.

Woodhouse was due to fight John Wayne Hibbert in the main event after Westgarth’s bout with Dec Spelman at the Doncaster Dome on Saturday night, but his fight was cancelled after Westgarth collapsed in his dressing room after beating Spelman and later died in hospital.

“It makes you second guess and question everything,” former professional footballer Woodhouse told talkSPORT.

“What we are doing, the morality of it all, how can we justify what we do as a profession and as a sport?

“I am not sure whether I want to even fight again and go through it all again.

“An hour earlier, I was speaking to Scott in the dressing room wishing him the best for the fight and he loses his life that evening. It makes you feel numb.

“I think we have the best organisation on the planet who regulate (boxing) the best they can.

“You have two trained athletes punching each other in the head. The brain is not made to be punched. They are the facts. It is a brutal way to make a living.

“People’s lives are at stake. And that is why the abuse fighters get is totally uncalled for and unwarranted. Young men put their lives at risk for people’s entertainment. A young man on Saturday night has lost his life chasing a dream.”