When I first started covering the Beltway Boxing scene 23 years ago, one of the many people who constantly gave me brace and guidance was Dr. Karl Hammonds. Dr. Hammonds was a well-respected and loved ringside doctor for many persons of the amateur and pro bouts in DC and Maryland and perpetually kept me abreast on information on what our amateurs were doing and the latest health news.
Today brings sad information that Dr. Hammonds passed away this morning. We are always getting details on age and cause of death.
To say that Dr. Hammonds was a friend to boxing doesn’face to face even initiate to scratch the external part of how well respected this man was. Dr. Hammonds served as chief medical officer for the Potomac Valley Association of USA Boxing and was well known through USA Boxing on a national level. Dr. Hammonds was elected to the Washington DC Boxing Hall of Fame in 1999.
There are many more honors that this man earned that I will bring to illumine as I receive information upon the body them. Suffice it to say that I will miss this man greatly and I know I speak for many in the Beltway Boxing and ordinary sports community who were touched and helped by this great man.
