Contrary to what was reported last night, then EBU cruiser
challenger Johny Jensen arrived - according to politiken.dk and
confirmed by Italian agent and matchmaker Alessandro Ferrarini - to
Rome in December of last year with a clean bill of health - at
least on paper. His MR scan showed irregularities to the point
where he shouldn't had been allowed to fight. However, a doctor
looked at the documents, signed that everything was ok and
neither Jensen or his handlers was told that something was
wrong. Dr Peter Angermann tells Politiken he doesn't remember
the results of the scan but says that as far as he could tell
everything looked alright.
Jensen then stopped Vincenzo Cantatore in the first round of a
big upset. The next fight came May 3 in Marseille against
mandatory challenger Jean Marc Monrose. Again, the MR scan
showed irregularities. It appears that trainer Poul Duvill, an
experienced trainer who's been involved with some of the best
Danish pros for quite some time now, had noticed something was
wrong with the champ during training. Sparring partner Anders
Hugger tells stiften.dk that he himself had seen nothing wrong.
Still, Jensen went off to France and was stopped in the first
round. Mogens Palle, who wasn't in neither Rome or Marseille,
told media during the Kessler-Sartison press conference that he
first heard something was wrong with Johny when Duvill called
him after coming home from France.
Jensen himself is currently on vacation in France but tells
sporten.dk he is doing badly, got problems with his eyesight,
has problems being around people and feels the damage is
permanent. Another paper quotes Jensen saying he's able to keep
his day job and live a normal life. He is still employed by
Vola in Horsens and the company has sponsored him throughout
his career. Jensen has contacted a lawyer and is looking into
suing the responsible for this tragic incident for damages but
the question appears to be who is responsible?
