Ben Fowlkes Joins Press Row

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Every Wednesday, Administrative Editor Jordan Breen welcomes a member of the mixed martial arts media into “Press Row” on the Sherdog.com blog. This week, Breen is joined by MMAJunkie columnist Ben Fowlkes.

This past March, Dennis Munson Jr. died following an amateur kickboxing bout in Wisconsin. Following a recent investigative feature from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that digs into Munson's story and alleges negligence by trainers, officials and physicians, Breen and Fowlkes weigh in on the piece, the quality of the journalism, what makes the article unique for a mainstream report on prizefighting and where it did happen to slip up in explaining the Roufusport fighter's tragic demise.

Breen and the “Co-Main Event Podcast” co-host also discuss the specific allegations about trainer Duke Roufus and his gym, the credibility of the claims, “old school” coaching as a euphemism, infamously brutal sparring sessions between Pat Miletich fighters of yesteryear and how the injury toll in modern MMA could change training styles of the future.

Grab your credential and get a seat in “Press Row.”

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