As he danced in celebration and started moving towards his corner, a cursory glance over his left made David Morrell Jr. rush in aid of referee Tony Weeks. Aidos Yerbossnuly, displaying weak legs towards the last few rounds of the bout, had no answer for the Santa Clara native’s right hook.

Sometime after it began, the Cuban soon started dictating the direction of the match. With his face bleeding, Aidos tried his best to stay in the fight. But in the 12th round, a right hook from Morrell Jr. had the Kazakh fall flat on the floor.

Waving his hands to stop the match, the referee approached Aidos and lifted him by the shoulders; visibly needing support, an alert Morrell Jr. rushed, and together they carried Aidos back to his corner.

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Soon it became clear that his condition was deteriorating. Immediately hospitalized, Aidos slipped into a coma due to internal bleeding inside the brain.

A Match,  Stopped Too Late?

Aidos Yerbossnuly is the third boxer receiving boxing-related injuries this year. Arrest Sahakyan, a twenty-six years old Russian fighter of Armenian origin, died in January after ten days of hospitalization. Injuries received during a bout against fellow countryman Igor Semernin is the presumed cause. Simiso Buthelezi from South Africa passed away in June due to brain injuries received during a bout.

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Stunned at the incident, fans and boxing community voiced that the match officials should have been alert and stopped the match once the Kazakh’s ability to stand became vaporous. Aidos’ Assistant Coach Emanuel Savoy agrees with the general opinion on stopping the game well ahead of the final round. He told ESPN, “I actually had the towel in my hand. “Aidos wanted to continue. His head coach (Kanat Orakbaev) wanted him to continue. He evaluated Aidos and said nothing was wrong with him. “He acknowledged the ref (referee Tony Weeks). He looked up and said, yes, he wanted to continue. As a corner, I think he still wanted to fight. He wanted to fight all the way to the end.”

Prayers For Aidos Yerbossnuly

Boxing promoters TGB promotions and Premier Boxing Champions released a joint statement, “Representatives of TGB Promotions and PBC are on the ground in Minneapolis with Aidos’ team and we are monitoring the situation closely. Out of respect for he and his family’s privacy, we can’t share any details but we ask the boxing community to keep him in its thoughts and prayers.”

Worried well-wishers and boxing lovers have been praying for the Zharkent native ever since. Wishing Aidos to get well soon, Canelo Alvarez, the world champion in four weight divisions and one the most recognizable faces in the boxing world, shared his message through Instagram, “You are in my prayers brother.”

Very few know that the Kazakh is a training partner of the Mexican champion. They started sparring together in preparation for Canelo’s fight against Gennady Golovkin.

Prominent boxing promoter Lou Di Bella voiced his concern, “Pray for Aidos Yerbossynuly. He needs our prayers and healing energy. This was foreseeable by the middle of last night’s fight, which was damn frightening to watch by the eighth round.”

But a piece of encouraging news is in the offing. Over social media, his promoters shared that his condition is getting back to normal – “Doctors said he is in normal shape, and we are sure he will get better soon. According to the doctors, there is no threat to his life and he will be monitored for two weeks.”

The pall of gloom that had befallen the boxing world appears nearing its end. Everyone would like to see Aidos getting back to training, facing off opponents the way he used to earlier.

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