Boxer in coma, corner under fire over title fight

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Kazakhstan boxer Aidos Yerbossynuly is successful a coma aft a 12th circular knockout successful his WBA "regular" ace middleweight satellite title combat against Cuban David Morrell.

The antecedently undefeated 16-0 combatant was the mandatory challenger for the rubric successful Morrell's 3rd defence of the belt.

In the last round, the Kazak combatant was caught by a thunderous close uppercut that near him level connected his back.

The 30-year-old appeared unstable arsenic helium leapt backmost to his feet but the referee waved him disconnected indicating he'd suffered capable damage.

Morrell celebrated the triumph but went to Yerbossynuly's assistance to assistance him backmost onto his stool.

It's since been revealed the combatant had bleeding connected the encephalon and was placed successful a medically induced coma pursuing surgery, according to boxing newsman Dan Rafael.

ESPN reported that Yerbossynuly's adjunct trainer Emanuel Savoy wanted the combat to travel to an extremity successful the ninth oregon 10th circular but his combatant wanted to continue.

"I really had the towel successful my hand," Savoy said. "Aidos wanted to continue. His caput manager (Kanat Orakbaev) wanted him to continue. He evaluated Aidos and said thing was incorrect with him.

"He acknowledged the ref (referee Tony Weeks). He looked up and said, yes, helium wanted to continue. As a corner, I deliberation helium inactive wanted to fight. He wanted to combat each the mode to the end.

"He's a large guy. I don't adjacent privation to speech astir it nary much due to the fact that I'm sick to my tummy astatine this point. I conscionable anticipation for a speedy betterment for Aidos."

Morrell's trainer Ronnie Shields was captious of the mode Yerbossynuly's squad had compromised their fighter's health.

"That combat should've been stopped sooner," Shields told BoxingScene.com.

"They fto this kid instrumentality mode excessively overmuch punishment. But adjacent the referee, and Tony Weeks is simply a truly bully ref, but sometimes you've gotta spell to the country and say, 'Hey man, y'all request to halt this.' And that's erstwhile (Yerbossynuly) started warring dirty, due to the fact that helium didn't wanna get knocked out.

"It was each pride. I commend the feline for taking each that punishment, but you've gotta prevention guys from themselves. He took mode excessively galore punches. And you cognize what? This kid mightiness ne'er beryllium capable to combat again. That's however atrocious it was."

Morrell was headed for a ascendant triumph erstwhile the combat was called, winning each circular connected 2 cards, and was up 108-101 astatine the commencement of the last round.

"Representatives of TGB Promotions and PBC are connected the crushed successful Minneapolis with Aidos' squad and we are monitoring the concern closely," a PBC spokesperson said successful a statement. "Out of respect for helium and his family's privacy, we can't stock immoderate details but we inquire the boxing assemblage to support him successful your thoughts and prayers."

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