Blow to the temple
Tragedy! Boxer killed in ring during fight debut
What a tragedy: British middleweight boxer Sherif Lawal has died after collapsing on his professional debut in London on Sunday!
The 29-year-old was knocked down in the 4th round of the first fight of the day at the Harrow Leisure Centre in North West London against Portugal's Malam Varela after a blow to the temple. Initially, Lawal was even briefly counted out by referee Lee Every - but he recognized the drama of the situation and stopped the fight.
"Real inspiration for all young boxers"
Lawal's trainer CJ Hussein, the ring doctor and paramedics from the British Boxing Board immediately rushed to the injured man, and the 29-year-old, who was described as a "real inspiration for all young boxers", fought for around 20 minutes to save his life.
The boxer was eventually taken to Northwick Park Hospital - but ultimately all efforts were in vain and Lawal had to be pronounced dead ...
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