British boxer Nick Blackwell has been placed in an induced coma after losing a domestic title fight.
Saturday’s British middleweight belt contest at London’s Wembley Arena saw Blackwell stopped in the tenth round by Chris Eubank Jr after the ringside doctor ruled a closed left eye meant he could not continue.
It was not the first time a member of the Eubank family had been involved in a contest that ended with a boxer being taken to hospital.
Michael Watson sustained life-threatening brain injuries after being stopped by Chris Eubank senior after 11 rounds of their 1991 World Boxing Organisation super-middleweight title bout at Tottenham Hotspur’s White Hart Lane ground in north London.
The 25-year-old Blackwell was carried out of the ring on a stretcher and was still in hospital, under observation, on Sunday.
British Boxing Board of Control General Secretary Robert Smith said “I spoke to one of the doctors this (Sunday) morning and he said there is a bleeding of the brain.
Boxer In Coma After Bout
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