For years now, the 2008 Beijing Olympics bronze medalist Tony Jeffries has been educating fans about head injuries in boxing and other combat sports. Since his retirement in 2012 because of repeated hand injuries, Jaffa shifted his focus to training and educating people around the globe.

The Sunderland native has a very active social media presence, where he uses his personal experience to talk about the mental and physical toll of combat sports on an athlete. He also uses social media to react to online boxing videos to educate fans regarding unsafe practices. Recently, a viral video of a kickboxing training routine left Tony Jeffries in shock as he tried to comprehend the situation.

Tony Jeffries seething with anger

Jeffries took on his ‘X’ account to react to a video of a trainer constantly hitting his student while training him. “What’s wrong with this trainer?” stated Jaffa while seething with anger. The 9-0-1 boxer lost his mind when he saw the trainer head-butting the student. He stated, “Headbutt as well. Just when you thought you can’t get any stupider, he throws a headbutt in,” while trying to comprehend the situation. 

It was clear that the Sunderland native was trying to make sense of the situation as he couldn’t understand the need for such heavy blows on the head. “What’s the point? He’s trying to learn some sort of boxing, kickboxing here. Why has he got his hands down like that,” stated Jeffries.

The former Olympian then demanded punishment for the trainer, as he actively put the life of his student at risk. He said, “That trainer should be put in jail,” before commenting on the depleting nature of the fitness and combat training industry. He talked about how young guys put their trust in the trainers to teach them the right things. But according to Jeffries, “this idiot trainer, he doesn’t know what’s right or what’s wrong either. Should be put in jail.”

This is not the first time that Tony Jeffries has talked about the dangerous nature of training that regular people indulge themselves in. After all, his career also stopped unexpectedly because of recurring injuries. A few months ago, the retired boxer also went through a series of head scans and the situation turned scary when the scans revealed damage to the skull.

A scary situation

Last month, Jeffries revealed that he has been dealing with an issue in his scapula and faces a variety of things because of that. He gets tingling sensations in his fingers and hands constantly and he is in constant pain. After going through an MRI and X-ray, the scans revealed early cervical degenerative disc disease with minimal disc height reduction. This situation can make a person susceptible to further chronic diseases.

The situation was alarming for Tony Jeffries as he has not used his head for fights for 8 years now even so, the damage is so severe. Thankfully, he identified the condition early on and will try to solve the issue through treatment. The Sunderland native will now go through sessions of rehabilitation and physical therapies to relieve nerve compressions.

So, amidst his severe condition, which happened even after paying attention to safety, it was an expected reaction by Jeffries. He has been trying to help people around the globe and seeing videos like these must boil his blood because of the inherent danger it poses.

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