He went to the club to burn some calories and learn self-defense. He left with a lacerated pancreas.
Lone Jack resident Joshua Boswell recently filed a lawsuit against Title Boxing Club, which offers boxing and kickboxing workouts. Boswell says he was inadequately trained before he began a mixed martial arts sparring session, which resulted in organ damage. Boswell says a knee strike lacerated the head of his pancreas, causing him to rack up $150,000 in medical bills.
Boswell joined the Title Boxing Club in Lee's Summit last year, after learning a few MMA techniques during a workout for prospective members. Boswell says he wanted to pursue the training for exercise and self-defense purposes.
Boswell was injured after what his lawsuit says was his "first and last" MMA class at Title Boxing. According to the suit, Boswell got into the ring after finishing an hourlong workout. Boswell was reluctant to spar, but his manlihood felt challenged. "Show me what you got," a club manager told him before they got in the ring, according to the suit.
Boswell claims that he asked for but did not receive instruction from the club manager during the workout. Later, once again feeling pressure to spar, Boswell paired up with his wife's cousin, who delivered the fateful knee strike. Boswell says he was "unattended and unsupervised" when the blow arrived.
Title Boxing disputes Boswell's claim that he was inexperienced. Managing partner Danny Campbell tells The Pitch in an interview that Boswell had received MMA training at another club before coming to Title.
Campbell says a trainer was overseeing the sparring, which was not intended to prepare Boswell for competition in an octagon. Campbell says the sparring at Title is not "full-out." He adds: "We're more about the workout."
Boswell, Campbell says, signed a waiver and left Title without speaking up about his injury.
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