Golden Boy Promotions has denied any wrongdoing after referee Tony Weeks explained the reasoning for his early stoppage in the main event between Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Fredrick Lawson. Lawson was said to have been scanned positively for a brain aneurysm on at least two occasions yet was still cleared to fight on January 6th. As the promoter of the event, Golden Boy was considered liable for potentially endangering Lawson but the promotion instead pointed to the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) who regulated the matches on the January 6th fight card.

Golden Boy’s message was short but impactful on this matter as they opted to refer to the NSAC rather than clarifying their own role in this case.

“Fredrick Lawson was cleared by a Nevada State Athletic Commission sanctioned doctor to fight on Saturday night,” Golden Boy posted recently. “All other questions should be referred to NSAC.“

Previously, it was unknown who Tony Weeks was referring to when he mentioned “they” and “them” several times in his Facebook post without substantiating on who the aforementioned were. Judging by Golden Boy’s official statement, NSAC has now taken center stage in this matter as they are responsible for matters related to medical examinations for athletes that participate in fights they regulate.

Golden Boy’s refusal to deny Fredrick Lawson (30-4, 22 KO’s) was scanned for a brain aneurysm now seems to point to this matter of being somewhat factual, if not entirely. The promotion’s own role in this can further not be ignored as they appeared to have neglected to demand more thorough testing to ensure that Lawson was healthy.

However, NSAC seems to have more culpability due to their previously specified duties in regulating the matches that occurred on January 6th. It fell under their jurisdiction to conduct and provide for medical examinations, and therefore they were the party involved in producing the medical examiners that had scanned Lawson’s brain.

According to Tony Weeks, Lawson had first been examined by one doctor who conducted two scans to apparently confirm Lawson had a brain. Afterwards, another medical examiner performed the same procedure only to find no evidence of any negative impact on the brain.

The core issue at play here is that there did not seem to be any further scans to confirm or reject the notion that Fredrick Lawson actually had a brain aneurysm; which would then make it highly dangerous for him to fight given the case of Darren McDermott who also suffered a brain aneurysm to the point he had to retire.

NSAC was unavailable to reach for commentary in response to their alleged role in Lawson being cleared to fight without a thorough investigation on his medical condition.