The incident occurred throughout a bout this previous weekend, with footage exhibiting proficient boxer Buthelezi unusually beginning to shadowbox in the nook of the ring, and along with his again turned to his opponent.
In the struggle towards Siphesihle Mntungwa in Greyville, the boxer doesn’t seem to have suffered a heavy blow earlier than the incident, however inexplicably goes on to lose his bearings earlier than the bout was rapidly known as off.
It’s since been reported that Buthelezi has been positioned in an induced coma in a Durban hospital following the World Boxing Federation All Africa Lightweight struggle.
The newest replace means that docs imagine there may very well be a blood clot on the mind resulting from a blow to the pinnacle, presumably suffered in some unspecified time in the future throughout the bout.
Boxing South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal’s provincial boxing supervisor Mike Dube has supplied suggestions on the regarding incident.
“The doctors said they’ll update us, but as per this conversation, he hasn’t responded, nor has he said anything,”
His coach Bheki Mngomezulu mentioned the incident was fairly inexplicable.
“He’s been in a coma from 23:00 yesterday, but there wasn’t anything untoward in the fight and in training. He was leading the fight on points before the unfortunate incident occurred,” Mngomezulu mentioned, as quoted by Sport24.
“I really can’t explain what happened to be honest. It was bewildering, but in his training and in the build-up to the fight, there was nothing untoward with regards to his condition.
“He was in good nick before the fight.”
You can see the incident involving the boxer beneath:
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