Adonis Stevenson: record, next fight and profile →
Sisi God, the fiance of former WBC light heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson, said that there is no guarantee of a total recovery for the boxer - but every day she is surprised and realizes why Adonis is called 'Superman'. On December 1 in Canada, Stevenson was brutally knocked out by mandatory challenger Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
Former WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson continues the tough road to recovery. On December 1 in Canada, he was brutally knocked out by mandatory challenger Oleksandr Gvozdyk. After the fight, Stevenson began to have physical issues and felt very dizzy in his dressing room. He was taken to the hospital and it was discovered that he suffered a severe brain bleed.
Badou Jack is among many in boxing who’ve been encouraged by Adonis Stevenson’s recovery recently from a brain injury. Jack, who battled Stevenson to a 12-round draw May 19 in Toronto, spoke Wednesday about how he has coped with what has happened to one of his recent opponents. While Jack realizes Stevenson was well aware of what could happen in this brutal business, Stevenson’s situation still has weighed heavily on him.
Former WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson has started talking again, according to a statement his fiancee, Simone God, provided to The Montreal Journal. Not only has the former champion began to speak, but he also moved his hands and feet. The doctors have now closed the hole that had been made in his throat for a tracheotomy.
As BoxingScene.com reported last week, former WBC light heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson has regained consciousness after three weeks in a coma following a December 1 knockout loss. Stevenson was taken to hospital for treatment after an eleventh round knockout loss to Oleksandr Gvozdyk in Quebec City.
By Thomas Gerbasi - Adonis Stevenson is awake. According to a statement released last weekend by his girlfriend Simone God, the former light heavyweight champion emerged from a medically induced coma and “is healing from his injury in the private company of his family and his dedicated medical team.” Dr. Alexis Turgeon of the Enfant-Jesus Hospital of the CHU de Quebec-Unive...
On behalf of Adonis and our family, I wanted to take a minute to thank everyone who has taken the time to reach out, send prayers and post about Adonis’ injury. We are so grateful for the outpour of messages, gifts and support that have come our way.
The promoter for Adonis Stevenson says the boxer remains unconscious and has not improved since doctors sedated him and placed him on a ventilator after a December 1 knockout loss. Promoter Yvon Michel said Thursday "doctors do not venture an opinion on what lies ahead" for the 41-year-old fighter.
The third man on the ring in Quebec, when Adonis Stevenson was knocked out by Oleksandr Gvozdyk, is very troubled by the aftermath of the contest. According to referee Michael Griffin, he's has lost fifteen pounds since the night of the December 1. Griffin was back to working last Saturday night in New York City, as the referee for the welterweight bout between Sadam Ali and Mauricio Herrera at Madison Square Garden.
Adonis Stevenson “suffers from severe traumatic brain injury” which “requires mechanical respiratory assistance, deep sedation and specialized neurological monitoring” according to Dr. Alexis Turgeon, the specialist physician treating the at the Quebec City hospital where the 41-year-old former world light heavyweight champion’s remained since last Saturday’s 11th-round knockout loss to Oleksandr Gvozdyk in Quebec City.