It was exactly two months ago that Alberta fighter Tim Hague succumbed to injuries he suffered in a boxing match held in Edmonton, and while an official review of the fight was promised, a reviewer still hasn’t been selected, and Hague’s family is growing impatient.

“We talk about [Tim’s death] all the time, and we wonder everyday what’s going to happen, and why nothing’s happened,” Ian Hague told CTV News in a FaceTime interview Friday.

This week, he had tweeted at Mayor Don Iveson and the City of Edmonton, asking when an investigation would get started.

Back on Friday, June 16, Tim Hague participated in a boxing match against Adam Braidwood in Edmonton – he suffered a knockout blow after two rounds.

He left the ring under his own power, but was later rushed to hospital where he had brain surgery. He succumbed to his injuries the following afternoon.

The day after his death, the City of Edmonton announced a review would be done, an independent investigation that would look at everything leading up to the boxer’s death.

It didn’t take long for questions to arise over how the fight came about – Hague had reportedly pushed to go up against Braidwood, after two other fighters dropped out. In the 18 months before the fight, Hague had suffered two knockouts that were not on his official fight log.

“You can only stay silent with something like this so long, we’d like to give the city the benefit of the doubt, but it doesn’t look like anything is going to be happening anytime soon anyways,” Ian Hague said.

Mayor Don Iveson responded to questions on the subject Friday.

“I hear, absolutely, from the family concern about how long it’s taking, but they’re the ones we have in mind when we say we want a process that is fair, that is transparent, that does have integrity,” Iveson said.

For the last three weeks, CTV News has been asking the city if the investigation had started – each time, a spokesperson has responded saying officials are looking for the “right” reviewer.

Iveson said the selection process is underway, and once an investigator is chosen, the review can start – the mayor was under the impression the process would be done by next week.

MMA writer weighs in

A local MMA writer, Mike Russell, spoke to CTV News about Hague’s death, and the review – he was the first to reveal the fighter’s incomplete official fight history.

Russell said the match that led to Hague’s death should never have been allowed to happen, and he blamed the head of the Combative Sports Commission, Pat Reid.

The same body is responsible for sanctioning UFC 215 in Edmonton.

“I think the main issue of all this is that they didn’t want to put a dark cloud over this UFC event that is coming,” Russell said.

“Then it means this is all about money, hopefully that’s not what’s happening,” Ian Hague said.

For now, the family of the fallen fighter is waiting – Ian Hague said fond memories of his brother are overshadowed by questions that have not been answered.

“It makes it worse when nothing seems to be getting done.”

With files from Dan Grummett