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thought it was time to put pen to paper about our recent travels
to Turin, Italy and an incident that occurred. We were in
Turin for a double whammy European title show. It was mixed
emotions for our team, we won a European super middleweight
crown when Mark Hennessy brought home the bacon, the title
that is. The reason for this story is that our other fighter
Ian Young was stopped with a beautifully placed roundhouse
kick to the neck by Italian, Danilo Fanfano. It was a scary
moment for all our team but not so much for Ian as luckily
he didn't feel it. The doctors at the event where very professional
and on the ball.
In the result of Ian's stoppage, without taking anything away
from Fanfano's victory, Ian spent the night at the Pronto
Soccorso Nuovo.
This is the reason I have started this story, I would like
to publicly thank the staff at the hospital and Doctor Davide
Gatti along with Mina Miselo even though there was a slight
language barrier as my Italian sounded more like French and
German - I can get by with those two languages.
 From
the moment we arrived in the ambulance we were well taken
care of by way of going straight to the front of the cue on
a typical Saturday night accident emergency hospital. We were
greeted by Mina Miselo who spoke no English whatsoever but
her friendly approach and lovely smile soon broke down the
language barrier. After all the details were given about Ian
he was admitted for a nights observation, unfortunately Ian
didn't get any sleep as part of his treatment included waking
him up every 15 minutes. The next morning he was seen by two
other specialists which included MRI scans, X-rays and the
works. After the consultation with all the doctors Ian was
overjoyed to be told he could fly back home that morning.
I would like to show my appreciation to all the medical staff
for their professionalism, kindness and care they showed to
Ian.
Billy Murray
 
Below are some links from
the trip to Turin Italy.
Results
from Turin
Mark Hennessy New Champion
Ian Young Pictorial Special
Irish/Italian hospitality in Turin
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