Cricket player Jesse Ryder up against blogger Cameron Slater who will fight in the feature charity bout in the Super 8 Redemption night. Photo / Dean Purcell
Cricketer Jesse Ryder says there is no medical reason he should not step into the ring for a charity boxing match against Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater in Christchurch on March 28.
Ryder will be returning to the city where he was felled during a late night altercation for a
fight that will take place exactly two years to the day after he sustained injuries that left him in a coma for three days.
Ryder says reports he suffered a fractured skull during the incident -- which still remain on his Wikipedia page -- were incorrect. He had instead suffered only a minor concussion. The severity of his medical situation was because he had suffered breathing difficulties during the attack, he said.
"Personally I think it might have been just a minor concussion. I think it was when I aspirated my lungs was the main reason, that was the main thing I struggled with after the incident happened. There are a lot of people saying I had a fractured skull and stuff like that but there was nothing like that.
"A lot of people have come out and said [I] shouldn't be doing it but I have passed all my medicals. I had a medical this morning and passed that. I passed all my concussions clinic neuro [psych] tests. I am happy with where I am at. If I had issues I wouldn't have taken the fight on."
