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Enraged Boxing Pros Watch in Horror as ‘No One Protected’ Boxer Aidos Yerbossynuly Who Is Now in a Medically Induced Comma

Published 11/07/2022, 7:39 AM EST

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On 5th of November at Armory, Minneapolis, Aidos Yerbossynuly squared off against David Morrell with the WBA World Super Middleweight title on the line. The bout went the scheduled distance of 12 rounds. However, Morrell secured a knockout victory over Yerbossynuly in this last and final round. David Morrell handed Aidos Yerbossynuly his first career loss in pro boxing.

Following the knockout, Yerbossynuly staggered and struggled to be on his feet. Reportedly, Yerbossynuly, is now in coma, following this brutal loss to Morrell in pro boxing. He suffered bleeding in the brain.

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Regarding Yerbossynuly’s injury, the TGB promotions and PBC, in a statement, said, “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.” 

After the news broke out, several figures from the boxing community prayed for Yerbossynuly. Here is what some of them are saying.

The boxing world reacts to the news of Aidos Yerbossynuly suffering a brain injury

Several figures, including professional boxers, reacted to the news of Aidos Yerbossynuly. While some encouraged Yerbossynuly to fight, others prayed for his recovery and healing energy. George Kambosos Jr. said, “Keep fighting champ!”

Lou DiBella commented by saying, “…Why have a fu*king referee, or ringside doctor, or a corner for that matter, if that kind of victorious, brain-damaging, brutality is allowed to continue. Tired of #boxing.”

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In a follow up tweet, DiBella requested prayers for Yerbossynuly.

Ishe Smith offered his prayers for Aidos Yerbossynuly. He said, “🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Prayers up.”

Meanwhile, Claressa Shields reacted by saying, “Just sad! No one protected him! Way too many punches he took!”

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Bryan Fonseca said, “Fight should’ve been stopped sooner before it got to that point – and plenty of people were saying it live as it continued.”

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What is your reaction to Yerbossynuly’s injury? Don’t you think Yerbossynuly exposed a lack of safety yet again in combat sports? Let us know in the comments below.

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Samrat Sardar

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Samrat Sardar is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports and is currently a final year undergraduate student of English literature. A passionate content creator, he has been writing since his high school days, and possesses work experience as a commercial writer for companies such as WordsKraft among others. Samrat believes he fell in love with boxing the day he watched Vasiliy Lomachenko share the ring with Guillermo Rigondeaux.
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Ajinkya Aswale