Philip Kaplin

Name: Philip Kaplin
Hometown: London, United Kingdom
Doctor: Record

At its inception in 1929, the British Boxing Board of Control had appointed a principal medical officer who advised the board on medical matters and examined boxers when it was felt necessary. Standards were not very high though. Indeed, the Board’s first medical officer, Dr Philip Kaplin, was known as ‘Jack Solomons’ doctor’, and would allow fighters who were perhaps unfit to go into the ring after being persuaded by the promoter.