Paddy Golden
| Dr Paddy Golden | |
|---|---|
| Born | Patrick Nial Henry Golden July 13, 1972 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| 💼 Occupation | Emergency physician, sports doctor |
| 📆 Years active | 1990-present |
Dr Paddy Golden is a Belfast-born acute care physician, who has worked in emergency departments throughout Western Australia. He is also a sports doctor, primarily speciliazing in head trauma, weight cutting in rugby and combat sports.[1][2]
Education and qualifications[edit]
In 1996 Dr Golden obtained his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from University of Dundee. In 2007 he obtained Fellowship of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.[3]
Combat Sports Advocate[edit]
Over the years Dr Golden has acted as an advocate for combat sports.[4] In 2013 he stated that combat sports was receiving bad press that it didn't deserve.[5] In 2017 he criticized the Australian Medical Association WA for its approach to fully ban boxing and MMA.[6]
MMA cage ban in Western Australia[edit]
Since 2011 Dr Golden has acted as the chief medical advisor to the Combat Sports Commission in Western Australia.[7][8] In 2013 he has expressed his "grave concerns" regarding the State Government's decision to ban the fenced enclosure used in MMA contests. In his letter to then Minister he shared (among everything) his experience of personally witnessing "significant risk of contestants' unplanned ejection from arena both above, below and through the ropes", which would not be the case if the contest was held in fenced enclosure. He also wrote: "I feel that the decision not to endorse an enclosure that is likely to be much safer is one based on perceived emotion and is not a common sense decision." [9] The MMA cage ban was lifted in 2017.[10]
Weight Cutting in Combat Sports[edit]
Dr Golden has warned Combat Sports Commission in Western Australia about the risk of weight cutting.[11] Weight cutting has been known as "dangerous" when losing large amounts of weight in a short period of time, by using sauna, wearing sweat suit, severe dehydration, "water loading", etc.[12][13]
In March 2016 Scottish Muay Thai fighter Jordan Coe died in Thailand when he was trying to cut weight for a fight.[14] In November 2017 Australian Jessica Lindsay died after extreme weight cutting for Muay Thai fight in Perth, WA.[15]
In December 2017 Dr Golden stated "that putting your body through acute water loss was 'very dangerous'", and called for measures to tackle it across Australia.[16] In June 2018 Dr Golden stated that unless regulation is put in place to stop extreme weight cutting deaths were "inevitable".[17][18]
At the end of 2017 it was reported that Dr Golden called for the athletes to undergo hydration tests, which would dictate whether they should be allowed to participate in the bouts.[19]
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- Professional boxing record for Paddy Golden from BoxRec Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
References[edit]
- ↑ "Australasian Ringside Medicine Association". www.australianringsidemedicineassociation.com.
- ↑ "Combat code's weight cut alarm". PerthNow. 2018-05-26.
- ↑ "I See Grace in Defeat and Humility in Victory". FIGHTMAG. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ↑ "Combat Sports - Not Blood Sports". FIGHTMAG. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ↑ "Medical Forum WA 07/13 Subscriber Edition July 2013". Joomag.
- ↑ Croy, Liam (14 March 2017). "UFC eyes Perth Arena title bout". The West Australian. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ↑ "Grieving Muay Thai mum leads fight to change combat sport weight loss culture". NZ Herald. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ↑ "Combat Sports Commission 2018-19 Annual Report". DLGSC. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ↑ Ducey, Liam (22 July 2013). "Warning on ring injuries". Community News. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ↑ Adshead, Gary (27 July 2017). "The return of the cage fight". PerthNow. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ↑ "'She sacrificed her life': Weight cutting in combat sports". The New Daily. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ↑ Kirk, Christopher. "Is weight cutting dangerous? What one controversial sport gets wrong". Inverse.
- ↑ Carthy, Callum (21 September 2018). "Weight Cutting in Combat Sports: What is it, and what are the dangers?". Express.co.uk.
- ↑ Donohoe, Graeme (2 April 2017). "Tragic Scots fighter talks of Thai boxing weight-loss torture in haunting video". Daily Record.
- ↑ "Teenager was trying to lose 8kg in seven days for Muay Thai fight when she collapsed and died". ABC News. 10 March 2020.
- ↑ Campbell, Kate (9 December 2017). "'The sense of loss is just overwhelming'". PerthNow. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ↑ Dawes, Samantha (1 July 2018). "'She sacrificed her life for two kilos': Mother warns of weight cutting in sport". ABC News.
- ↑ Shannon, Hampton (13 March 2020). "Fight doctor slams Muay Thai weight-cutting". The West Australian. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ↑ "Aussie teen dies from intense workout regime". Newshub. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
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