Irish boxer Thomas Carty suffered a suspected concussion during a controversial first-round no-contest against David Allen at Croke Park on Saturday. The fight, which took place on the undercard of Katie Taylor's victory over Flora Pili, lasted just one minute and 22 seconds. Carty was unable to continue due to the suspected concussion and was taken to the hospital for a brain scan. Carty’s team claimed that "two illegal blows" and "loose ropes" caused the Irishman to fall out of the ring. They stated that after one minute and 30 seconds of the first round, Carty had received two illegal blows to the back of his head. The second blow caused a momentary lapse, forcing Carty to reach for the ropes to regain his balance. However, the loose ropes gave way, propelling Carty headfirst out of the ring, where he struck his head on a ringside table. This resulted in the fight ending on instructions from the ringside doctor. David Allen, from Doncaster, said on his YouTube channel that he would likely speak to the boxing board to ask if the result can be overturned to a win. Allen, 34, claimed he was "a bit too strong and rough" for Carty and said he was likely to win, with the punch that ended the fight not intentional and aimed to "clip him round the ear." Allen said he was not aiming for the back of anyone's head and that he was aiming for the ear. He said it was not a big shot and that he tried to clip Carty round the ear as he always does, but Carty turned his head into it, resulting in the blow going round the back of his head. Allen said he did not know what happened after that and that it was not for him to say. Allen described Carty as a "good guy" and said he had caught him behind the head, not on purpose, and that Carty had turned into it and gone through the ropes. At the time, Allen said to the referee, "are you not going to count?" If that had been in the middle of the ring, he would have won by stoppage. He said he lost his rag a little and said, "look, he's jumped out the [expletive] ring." He said he was a bit shocked by the outcome. The incident has sparked debate over the conduct of the fight and the conditions of the ring, with both fighters offering different accounts of what happened.