10-13-2019, 08:24 PM
US boxer, Patrick Day in coma after brutal knockout
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27-year-old American boxer, Patrick Day has been hospitalized after suffering a brutal knockout during a fight with 21-year-old unbeaten Charles Conwell in a super welterweight bout in Chicago on Saturday October 12.Â
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ESPN reported that Patrick Day had an emergency brain surgery and currently in the intensive care unit following a seizure he suffered after being knocked out.Â
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The Athletic's boxing expert Mike Coppinger tweeted at the time that "Day was unconscious after [his] head hit the mat," adding that Chris Mannix on DAZN said an "oxygen mask was applied as he left [the] ring on a stretcher." A breathing tube was used at hospital.
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Sharing an update about their boxer, Matchroom Boxing who organised the event said Day was "taken directly to hospital".
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Speaking after the fight, Conwell who dropped Day in the fourth and eighth rounds and knocked him out with a massive left hook in the 10th round told IFL TV;Â
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It was further learnt that the fight was on the undercard of Russian Dmitry Bivol’s World Boxing Association light-heavyweight world title defense against Lenin Castillo.Â
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27-year-old American boxer, Patrick Day has been hospitalized after suffering a brutal knockout during a fight with 21-year-old unbeaten Charles Conwell in a super welterweight bout in Chicago on Saturday October 12.Â
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ESPN reported that Patrick Day had an emergency brain surgery and currently in the intensive care unit following a seizure he suffered after being knocked out.Â
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The Athletic's boxing expert Mike Coppinger tweeted at the time that "Day was unconscious after [his] head hit the mat," adding that Chris Mannix on DAZN said an "oxygen mask was applied as he left [the] ring on a stretcher." A breathing tube was used at hospital.
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Sharing an update about their boxer, Matchroom Boxing who organised the event said Day was "taken directly to hospital".
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Speaking after the fight, Conwell who dropped Day in the fourth and eighth rounds and knocked him out with a massive left hook in the 10th round told IFL TV;Â
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Quote:"I give my blessings and concerns to him and his team. I hope he is OK. I know he is a great person."Â
It was further learnt that the fight was on the undercard of Russian Dmitry Bivol’s World Boxing Association light-heavyweight world title defense against Lenin Castillo.Â