Former light heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson has come out of a coma three weeks after a knockout loss to Oleksandr Gvozdyk, Stevenson’s girlfriend said on Saturday.
Simone “Sisi” God issued a statement via social media saying that the fighter was awake.
“Despite recent reports being leaked to media, I wanted to clarify that Adonis is awake,” God said. “He is healing from his injury in the private company of his family and his dedicated medical team.”
Boxing promoter Yvon Michel on Thursday said Stevenson was still in a medically induced coma and on life support.
“He still needs mechanical assistance to breathe, and he has not regained consciousness,” Michel said. “When we visit him, we cannot stay with him for long, and the doctors do not venture an opinion on what lies ahead.”
On Saturday, Michel tweeted: “Great News,” adding that he had spoken with God and “things have evolved enormously.”
Stevenson, a 41-year-old Canadian fighter of Haitian descent, was helped to the dressing room after losing the World Boxing Council crown in his 10th title defense over five years.
WARRINGTON VS FRAMPTON
AP, MANCHESTER, England
Josh Warrington retained his IBF featherweight title on Saturday by beating Carl Frampton by unanimous decision after a thrilling 12-round fight.
The pair engaged in one of the contenders for fight of the year at Manchester Arena.
The judges gave it to Warrington 116-112, 116-112 and 116-113 in his first title defense.
Frampton came back into the fight in the middle rounds, but could not sustain the pressure.
WHYTE VS CHISORA
AP, LONDON
Dillian Whyte stopped Dereck Chisora in the 11th round of an all-British heavyweight bout at the 02 Arena on Saturday.
The competitive fight was ended when Whyte threw a left hook that left Chisora unconscious.
Chisora led on the cards of two of the three judges, but left his jaw exposed and Whyte took advantage.
A sumo star was born in Japan on Sunday when 24-year-old Takerufuji became the first wrestler in 110 years to win a top-division tournament on his debut, triumphing at the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka despite injuring his ankle on the penultimate day. Takerufuji, whose injury had left him in a wheelchair outside the ring, shoved out the higher-ranked Gonoyama at the Edion Arena Osaka to the delight of the crowd, giving him an unassailable record of 13 wins and two losses to claim the Emperor’s Cup. “I did it just through willpower. I didn’t really know what was going
The US’ Ilia Malinin on Saturday produced six scintillating quadruple jumps, including a quadruple Axel, in the men’s free skate to capture his first figure skating world title. The 19-year-old nicknamed the “Quad god,” who is the only skater to land a quadruple Axel in competition, dazzled with an array of breathtakingly executed jumps starting with his quad Axel and including a quadruple Lutz in combination with a triple flip and a quadruple toe loop in combination with a triple toe. He added an unexpected triple-triple combination at the end to earn a world-record 227.79 in the free program for a championship
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