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With the top of the line medical technology of UMC Hospital in Las Vegas and the heartfelt prayers offered, it is no surprise that ZC Gorres is incredibly doing well now. In fact, he was already transferred to a recovery room just recently.

Then again, it would still be a long road for ZC to fully recover and live a normal life. He has to undergo a rehab as his left body part is not passably responding yet from medical tests.

Consistent with this, the family of Gorres wishes to ask for financial assistance from those compassionate and kind-hearted individuals and institutions. The current medical assistance by Las Vegas is undeniably a huge help for ZC. However, Gorres’ family is still far short in meeting all necessary expenses for the four small children left in Cebu and for ZC’s’ wife who is now with him in Las Vegas.

We have called upon everyone to help us raise the necessary funds needed to aid the family of ZC Gorres. We are reaching out to you for your assistance, either financially or by speaking to others in your networks about this need.

You may give or send your donations through the PAYPAL account of Datches Gorres, ZC’s wife, at datchesgorres@yahoo.com. Any donation is greatly appreciated, and every amount goes directly to the family of ZC Gorres.

or to her account:

Account Name: Datches M. Gorres
Account Name: Datches M. Gorres
Account Number: 167-084641-5
Bank name: Chinabank-Cebu Banilad

Thanks and more power god bless us all.

[from dennis guillermo]

If only I can convert my e-points to real money, I'll give half of it to Gorres.

If only I can convert my e-points to real money, I'll give half of it to Gorres.

Pac will surely help him. I hope. :dunno:

I gave what I could

I gave what I could

Really, did you sent your donation through Gorres PAYPAL account? :dunno:

Really, did you sent your donation through Gorres PAYPAL account? :dunno:

My grandaughter is handling it but I believe donations go through

"A PayPal account has been set up where the funds go directly to the family under the e-mail datchesgorres@yahoo.com."

And yes I did send it, just got confirmation.

My prayers go out to Z Gorres recovery and his family in their time of need.

And yes I did send it, just got confirmation.

My prayers go out to Z Gorres recovery and his family in their time of need.

I want to express my appreciation for your generosity in support of Z Gorres fast recovery.

I know for a fact that your kindness will make an immediate difference in the lives of the family of Z Gorres.

GOD BLESS...

You are a good man

damn thats expensive as hell

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GORRES MAKING A REMARKABLE RECOVERY

By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 29 Dec 2009

Z “The Dream” Gorres who continues to demonstrate the fighting heart he showed in the ring, is well on the road to recovery following a tragic brain injury that necessitated surgery after his superb ten round decision over tough Luis Melendez of Colombia at tnhe Las Vegas House of Blues last November 13.

Boxing trainer and longtime Cebu resident Tony Martin, in separate communications with ALA Gym boxing patron Tony Aldeguer and www.insidesports.ph, Standard Today and Viva Sports said he visits Gorres at the University Medical Center regularly and he is witness to a “remarkable recovery” over the past several weeks.

Martin said he was amazed at the way Gorres has made leaps and bounds in terms of his improvement following brain surgery and praised the doctors, nurses and everybody involved for their first class attention.

He said Gorres “has shown me a real fighter’s courage in the true sense of what it means.” Martin also paid tribute to Gorres’ wife Datches who he said has “shown tremendous strength being by her husband every day for at least eight hours a day, tending to all his needs, showing him the love and caring when it is most needed. I know how much she is missing her children. In my book she is a diamond.”

Martin reported that Gorres’ right side “is perfect, and gaining strength each day. In fact his grip in his right hand is very strong now. His left side is starting to respond as he moves his arm and can now hold my hand with his left hand with slight pressure. His left leg is now slowly responding with slight movement.”

Martin also disclosed that Gorres is now “breathing on his own, and is also eating solid hospital food. He now talks to us, but only whispers at present. His memory is excellent, recognizing each and every one who visits him. His mind is sharp, no problems there. He smiles and jokes a lot with me and Datches, no words can describe the joy it can give you, just to see that.”

The Las Vegas trainer revealed that “within the next week or so they will replace the flap on the right side of his head as their is no longer any swelling. That is good news. As for a release date we do not know as of yet. That will only happen once all is well with him, and Gorres is fit to travel.”

sent a little amount via paypal. Thats the only money i can give for now. I hope he'll be fine.

Kaya mo yan Gorres.

War Gorres!!! :boxing:

Gorres on road to recovery
By NICK GIONGCO
January 2, 2010, 6:52pm
Z Gorres, the Filipino fighter who lapsed into a coma on the eve of Manny Pacquiao’s destruction of Miguel Cotto last year in Las Vegas, is on the road to recovery, a respected Los Angeles-based observer of the fight game has told the Bulletin.

Orthodontist Ed De La Vega, known for customizing Pacquiao’s mouth guard, revealed that Gorres, who collapsed after winning a ten-round decision over Luis Melendez of Colombia on November 13 at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay, “is doing very well.”

“I was in Vegas early today for a short round trip to visit Gorres. I am glad that I saw his progress,“ wrote De La Vega in an email.

“In fact he could sit on a chair already instead of just being in bed all the time. He did not lose his faculties.

He recognized me instantly. He speaks very softly owing to the throat tube he had for a while that affected his vocal cords but that is no big deal as that should heal in time.”

De La Vega, who had also made mouthpieces of Gorres and countless other Filipinos fighting on US soil, was amazed by Gorres’ recovery.

“For a guy that went through what he did, his healing progress was remarkable,” added De La Vega.

Top Rank, which promotes the Cebu-based southpaw and his management team headed by boxing benefactor Antonio Aldeguer, are shouldering Gorres” skyrocketing medical bills.

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/236650/gorres-road-recovery

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BRAIN INJURIES: Taxpayers get bill when boxing medical insurance falls short

State law requires only $50,000 of insurance for athletes

By PAUL HARASIM
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL


A slice of Z "The Dream" Gorres' skull remains stored in a biologic refrigeration system at a facility outside San Diego.

The piece of bone, about the size of a man's hand, had to be removed after the bantamweight boxer's Nov. 13 fight at Mandalay Bay's House of Blues. The 27-year-old's battered brain needed room to swell, according to University Medical Center trauma surgeon Dr. Michael Casey.

Had the opening not been made, the swelling within the tight confines of his skull would have compressed his brain stem, shut down his breathing and also his heart. He would have died.

There was another option. Doctors could have put the piece of skull in Gorres' abdomen and stored it there until the swelling receded.

"But that would have entailed another surgery," Casey said. "We thought it was best to ship it to a place where organs and bones that are meant to be reimplanted are stored. They freeze it to a minus 70 degrees. We'll suture it in later after the swelling goes down."

Cutting-edge emergency surgery has led to a remarkable recovery for Gorres, who, Casey said, arrived at UMC "nonfunctional and vegetative," literally minutes from death.

Today, after nearly two months of around-the-clock nursing care and a team of physical therapists who are helping him walk and talk again, Gorres is on the way to becoming a "functional human being who will be able to care for his wife and four children," Casey said.

Within weeks, Gorres should be able to travel back to his native Philippines.

But that good news is tempered by this: In the boxing capital of the world, state law requires promoters to put up only $50,000 worth of medical insurance for each fighter in the ring.

In other words, taxpayers generally take it on the chin whenever a boxer gets seriously hurt. And, according to Keith Kizer, the executive director of the Nevada Athletic Commission, a serious boxing-related brain injury occurs about once a year.

As of early last week, according to UMC records, Gorres' care had cost nearly $500,000.

"You blow through $50,000 in just a couple of days when you have someone who is critically injured attended to by multiple, highly skilled surgeons delivering the most advanced spectrum of care imaginable," said Brian Brannman, UMC's chief operating officer. "And if someone doesn't have insurance, or not enough, taxpayers pick up the difference. That's reality."

As Gorres, whose full name is Zeta Celestino Oliveros Gorres, lay in his hospital bed recently, he was unable to talk. He could not walk without assistance. An oxygen tube inserted after a tracheotomy to help him breathe was still in place.

Still, with his wife, Datches, nearby, he could give visitors the thumbs-up.

When she isn't worried about her husband, Gorres' wife said through a translator, she worries about money. On this afternoon, still thinking her husband would be paralyzed for life, she wondered aloud how she could support four children under the age of 12.

Two friends of the Gorres family, boxing trainer Tony Martin and University of Nevada, Las Vegas, boxing coach Frank Slaughter, stopped by to look in on the fighter.

Martin said Gorres' story is a familiar one in boxing: He fought his way out of an impoverished background. He won three amateur championships in the Philippines before turning pro.

"He was so poor growing up that he was lucky to get one meal a day," said Martin, who has trained fighters in the Philippines. "His older brother was murdered."

In the Philippines, Martin said, many people live on astonishingly little, frequently no more than $4 a day. Indoor plumbing is often just a dream.

Gorres' November fight with Colombian Luis Melendez was seen as a step toward a bantamweight title bout that could earn him a sizeable paycheck, Slaughter said.

Even though Melendez sent him to the canvas with a left cross in the last round, Gorres quickly got up and was so far ahead on points that he easily won a unanimous decision. Gorres circled the ring holding his home country's flag in victory.

But when he was just about ready to leave the ring, he fell unconscious, and ringside doctors rushed to his side.

Though highly ranked in the 112- to 118-pound bantamweight class, the money Gorres made in boxing was a far cry from the millions already earned by his countryman, Manny Pacquiao, the celebrated champion.

"He was supposed to make $10,000 for this fight, but he had to pay taxes, his managers and a lot of other people out of that," Datches Gorres said.

Few boxers before they become champions carry medical insurance, said the athletic commission's Kizer. And even then, he said, many don't.

"They either don't have the money or don't want to pay for supplemental insurance," he said. "Of course, 99 percent of the time, the $50,000 that the promoter has to put up under state law is enough."

Just how much Nevadans have shelled out to care for boxers' immediate brain damage from fights is unclear.

From 1995 to 2005, 10 fighters sustained career-ending brain injuries in Nevada, with two boxers, Leavander Johnson and Martin Sanchez Jr., both dying from subdural hematomas, the same brain hemorrhage injury Gorres sustained.

Because of federal privacy laws, UMC officials were unable to release the medical records of fighters to whom they gave care. Gorres' wife gave UMC permission to release her husband's medical information to the Review-Journal.

Despite the lack of such information, Brannman said Gorres' case is an indication that UMC has not been reimbursed for millions of dollars in care for boxers.

"We're the ones with the best trauma care facilities, so that's where hurt fighters are usually brought," he said.

Obviously professional fighters aren't the only ones without insurance treated for costly brain injuries at the trauma center. But what makes boxing different, Coates said, is that it's predictable that brain injuries will occur when a sport both supports and celebrates blows to the head, particularly those that cause a knockout.

Recent studies have shown that most professional boxers have some degree of brain damage, even if they don't show symptoms. Researchers say the impact of a professional boxer's fist is equivalent to being hit with a 13-pound bowling ball traveling 20 miles an hour.

Coates, whose medical treatment saved the life of magician Roy Horn after he was attacked on stage by a tiger, said he'd like to see promoters and boxers who have benefited monetarily from the sport set up an endowment at UMC for brain injury treatment.

"It would be both a good PR move as well as a good move to ensure that the best trauma treatment remains is in place," said Coates, who often serves as a ringside doctor.

UMC officials are projecting a budget deficit of $70 million for fiscal year 2010, with unreimbursed care a major factor.

Under federal law, any patient who shows up at an emergency room requesting an examination or treatment for a medical condition must be given an appropriate medical screening to determine whether there is an emergency. If there is, treatment must be provided.

"I think any business would find it hard to not to run a deficit when you provide a service and there is no mechanism for reimbursement," Brannman said. "I think when it comes to boxing we have to look at the cost to the community as well as the business it brings. We have to decide what the threshold is for requiring more health insurance for boxers."

Brannman said UMC officials have not been approached by promoter Arum or anyone else in the boxing community about covering the hospital's costs in treating Gorres. To Dr. Raoul Tanayo, who is currently in charge of Gorres' care, it's clear cut more insurance is needed for both boxers, as well as fighters who battle in the increasingly popular mixed martial arts bouts.

"They are very dangerous sports and brain injuries are going to occur," he said. "Vegas does make money from the fights, but this hospital is already in the hole."

Bill Brady, a member of the Nevada Athletic Commission, said "very few fighters get badly hurt. ... but this question of more insurance is something we'll check into."

Arum, the Las Vegas promoter, did not address the health insurance question at any length. His spokesman, Lee Samuels, sent an e-mail: "Bob said medical insurance standards are more of a matter with Keith Kizer and the (athletic commission) which sets the standards. Bob, however, suggests perhaps raising the minimums for world title bouts. However, small and club-level promoters may have a survival problem with those kind of additional costs."

To Slaughter, the UNLV boxing coach, the sport he loves could be in trouble if something isn't done to handle medical costs run up by hurt boxers.

"Will boxing implode on itself if taxpayers have to shoulder the cost of bailing out the underinsured fighter as the fat cats always walk away with a chunk of dough," he said. "You know we've been there and done that with Wall Street, and Main Street got sucker punched."

Contact reporter Paul Harasim at pharasim@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2908.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/taxpayers-get-bill-when-boxing-medical-insurance-falls-short-80528847.html

Anybody that didn't have a chance to see Z Gorres last fight, I seen it is in the video section in Tyger's thread.

Hope he is doing better

Edito Villamor on Gorres’ recovery

By Rene Bonsubre, Jr.
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 10 Jan 2010



I had a chance to talk with ALA Gym’s chief trainer Edito Villamor regarding the post-operative progress of Z Gorres. Villamor was in Gorres’ corner on that fateful day when he underwent emergency neurosurgery due to the unfortunate injury he sustained in his points victory against Luis Melendez of Colombia last November.


“He became unresponsive. I was really worried. Especially when I learned the significance of GCS 3.” Villamor said, “It was amazing he recovered.”

GCS or Glasgow Coma Scale is a scoring system developed for rapid assessment and prognosis of patients with head injuries. Three (3) being the lowest score and fifteen (15) the highest. Patients with GCS 3 have a poor prognosis but Gorres showed that he is also a fighter outside the ring with his astonishing turn around.

“His memory was not affected.” Villamor said, “He has been able to recognize familiar faces who have been visiting him. His wife, Datches was worried when she arrived if Z would be able to recognize him but he immediately did.”

“When he was no longer on the ventilator he started taking solid food and has started to speak in whispers. Now he can take food on his own.”

Z’s recovery has been aided by the presence of his wife Datches. Z can now move the left side of his body but it still weaker than the right side.

“When I last saw him, his left leg was still a bit weaker than his left hand. He can write. The doctors assured me he will be functional again after rehab.”

Villamor said that Z’s speech has also improved and responding normally during conversations.

The ALA gym trainer managed to return to Cebu for Christmas. He will be back as a cornerman in the “Bakbakan sa Sinulog” Fight Card this Thursday January 14 at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu City.

Many Good Samaritans have given assistance to the Gorres family. This underscores the inherent goodness in the Filipino.

Z Gorres undergoes 2nd major surgery
by Bev Llorente, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau | 01/12/2010 3:54 PM


'Z Gorres bill' proposed

LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Two months after his victory that resulted to a brain injury, ZC Oliveros “Z” Gorres’ survival is considered a miracle.

Gorres, who went through an emergency brain surgery in November, is recovering well from his head injury. He can now talk softly and eat regular food.

The Filipino fighter won over Luis Melendez of Colombia in their 10-round bout in November via unanimous decision.

Before his victory, a left straight punch from Melendez landed on Gorres’ temple in the 10th round which caused the blood clot in his brain.

“Mga anak hintayin niyo ang pagbabalik ko, yung promise ko sa inyo, pag-uwi ko diyan. Sa mga taong sumusuporta at nagdadasal, salamat sa inyo,” he addressed his young children.

Gorres went through his 2nd major surgery because doctors needed to put back the part of the skull that was taken out in the 1st surgery.

“Katatapos pa lang ng operation niya. The operation lasted for 2 hours and according sa doctor nakausap natin sa loob hindi naman nagkaroon ng komplikasyon dun sa operasyon. Maganda naman ang pagkakaopera. Wala naman major bleeding na nangyari sa loob,” said University Medical Center (UMC) physician Dr. Benito Calderon.

Attending physicians are hopeful that Gorres will recuperate fast and that no infection would occur.

Surging hospital bills

Meanwhile, his hospital bills at the UMC are increasing. The surgery even drove up his already costly hospital bills.

Because of this, doctors who performed Gorres’ 2nd surgery volunteered their service for free.

Gorres’ insurance covered for only $50,000, which was used up on his 1st day at the hospital.

His family physician, Dr. Calderon, said the UMC management tried to release the boxer last week as the hospital management believed that Gorres is stable and fit enough to travel back to the Philippines.

His family, meantime, continues to seek financial help especially with his impending return to the Philippines in the next few weeks.

‘Z Gorres bill’

Gorres’ plight touched the hearts and raised awareness in the boxing community.

Frank Slaughter, a boxing coach at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), is calling for a state bill that would protect all fighters—the “Z Gorres bill” would give additional protection for underinsured fighters in case of injury.

“Our country has been very good to the Philippines. We’ve always sent aid to the Philippines. As a matter of fact, UMC has sent humanitarian aid in the past to the Philippines. We want them to step up,” said Slaughter.

Gorres’ trainer, Tony Martin, sent a call for help to the Philippines’ most famous boxer, pound-for-pound king and 7-division champion Manny Pacquiao.

“Manny, if you’re watching, take time out from what you are doing in the Philippines right now. Just take one hour of your time to visit UMC [where] a fellow countryman and a fellow boxer [is] and say ‘how are you?’ That’s all we require,” Martin pleaded.

as of 01/12/2010 3:54 PM

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/01/12/10/z-gorres-undergoes-2nd-major-surgery

LATEST ON Z GORRES

By Rod Mijares
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 13 Jan 2010



Along with Tony Martin and his wife, Yvonne, we visited Z Gorres and Datches last night (January 9, 2010) at around 9:00 p.m. at University Medical Center where he is recuperating from a brain surgery. Datches, in most nights during the week, stays overnight and sleepless in the hospital to attend to Z Gorres’ needs. It is through Datches love that Z Gorres draws his strength.


Z Gorres was in high spirit and his voice was almost back to normal as compared to almost a whisper when I last visited him. He told me jokingly that it was because he just practiced singing with Senator Lito Lapid of the Philippines who happened to visit him four hours earlier. Aside from financial help, Senator Lapid gave Z Gorres his business card with his signature and told Z Gorres to pay him a visit in Manila when the time comes that he is ready for a livelihood assistance program.

Back to Christmas day, Z Gorres’ nurse was so happy with the news that Z Gorres was eating a complete meal for the first time and most of all he was eating using his own faculties. At that time Gorres was still having difficulty in using the spoon but was proud to show us that he could do it by himself on the encouragement of his nurse. He was hoping, though, that he could eat lechon (roasted pig) on Christmas day.

I also asked Z Gorres to squeeze my hand and I was surprised that he could do it with more power as compared to a baby’s grip when he did it before to me. “It could still put down an opponent,” Z Gorres told me as he grappled my hand.

There was also a reason why Z Gorres was so spirited. A part of him would be returned by today (January 10, 2010) as he was scheduled to undergo a cranioplasty surgery to replace the bone of his skull that was removed during his surgery to release the pressure on his brain after he collapsed in his last fight with Colombian Luis Melendez.

A week ago, there was so much fear and uncertainty that the hospital might not replace the bone of Z Gorres skull due to the hospital’s financial requirement and Datches should already have a plan that it should be done in the Philippines. Datches told me that this caused her sleepless nights and she cried a lot for her husband. Z Gorres’s wit and humor came out and instructed his wife to sell their farm. However, that farm was not real but virtual farm that only exists in Facebook.

Enter Z Gorres’ guardian angel and benefactor, Dr. Ben Calderon. Dr. Calderon embraced Gorres plight into his heart and considered Gorres as one of his family. He exerted every effort to convince the neuro-surgeon, the anesthesiologist and the hospital administration to help Z Gorres and continue to be a part of his miracle recovery. Today, at around 8:30 in the morning, Z Gorres underwent a two-hour procedure successfully and was afterwards breathing on his own. He called Tony Martin in good humor, buang (fool), when Martin urged him to stand up right after the surgery.

Thank you for the update Killa_Kali, I have been thinking of Gorres alot lately.

"GORRES DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL; RETURNS HOME FEB. 4
By Rod Mijares

Z Gorres who created quite a stir in Las Vegas because of his comeback to life miracle at the hands of the University Medical Center's doctors and nurses was cleared today (January 15, 2010) and discharged from the hospital. He was sent off by hospital staff and nurses and other well wishers who will surely miss him but happy that he is completely out of danger and on his way to his fast recovery.

"Gorres and Datches will stay temporarily in the house of Dr. Benito Calderon's staff, Richard, who happened to be Z Gorres' fan and whom I met when we visited Gorres at the hospital. This will enable him to undergo rehabilitation without unnecessary inconvenience as the house is near Dr. Calderon's clinic," Tony Martin said. Z Gorres and his wife are scheduled to leave for the Philippines on February 4, 2010, almost 3 months after he collapsed in the ring right after being declared the winner in his fight against Colombian Luis Melendez at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino's House of Blues on November 13, 2009.

Two days ago, Datches said that Z Gorres began rehabilitation to regain strength in his upper body and lower extremities. He was able to walk few steps that shows signs of good news in Gorres' rehabilitation and the happy result was his release today from the hospital care.

Z Gorres was peppered with kindness, love and care from the hospital staff, especially from nurses who are mostly from the Philippines. Datches also felt that love and care as some Filipina nurses literally asked Z Gorres to give his wife some time off so that they could take Datches around Las Vegas.

There are also a number of individuals who played a greater role in looking after Z Gorres' welfare at the hospital from the moment he entered the University Medical Center for brain surgery uptil this time.

The first is Ana Fe Alcalen who is working at the hospital as a Case Manager whose initial and vital assistance and utmost customer service was very much appreciated by Team Gorres including Michael Aldeguer, ALA gym's president, when he was still here before Datches arrived in Las Vegas. Ana Fe is a friend and classmate of Yvonne, Tony Martin's wife.

The second is Frank Slaughter, an American boxing trainer from the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), who initiated the ball rolling in raising funds for Z Gorres in December. Datches also told me in appreciation that it was also Slaughter's sister who is an immigration lawyer who worked to extend Z Gorres' visa to enable him to stay longer and recuperate in Las Vegas hospital. That was one problem easily solved by the Slaughter siblings. Mr. Slaughter's love of boxing and his love for Filipinos prompted him to volunteer himself to Z Gorres' side, It's is also an honor to learn that he is married to Cora, a Filipina, who is also working as a nurse in Las Vegas..

Mr. Slaughter took Datches, Edito Villamor, Tony and Yvonne Martin to the inauguration of the incoming 2010 officers of the NAFFAA, National Federation of Filipino American Associations where Datches was encouraged to talk and plead help for her husband. She was also invited at the Christmas party of the Filipino Veterans association on December 19, 2009 where she was also asked to speak in behalf of her husband.

The greatest comfort and "a thank you" is not enough is the help extended by Dr. Benito Calderon who from the start was making sure that Z Gorres was provided a first class service being accorded to all patients, irrespective of status and condition in life. Not to mention excellent nursing care from the hospital. He was instrumental in convincing the neuro-surgeon and the anesthesiologist to provide their service for free in re-attaching the bone that was removed from Z Gorres skull. It was a very tense and apprehensive week for Datches and Z Gorres when they were first told that the second operation which is no longer emergency but cosmetic has to be done in the Philippines if they do not have the money to pay for it and the hospital wouldn't budge until Dr. Calderon intervened.

Of course, Tony Martin and his wife, Yvonne. Martin is not only a boxing trainer but a trusted driver of Datches. He takes Datches to the hospital everyday and to some fund raising activities including radio station interviews on so many occasions. Datches is also thankful to Tony Martin's sister-in-law, Yonne Mijares, where Datches stayed upon arrival in Las Vegas until Z Gorres' released from the Hospital. Yonne also invited Datches and Edito to attend their Christmas party last December 19, 2009 where Leony De Guzman, one of Yonne's co-workers from Mountain View Hospital volunteered to collect some fund for Z Gorres and his family.

There are also a number of Z Gorres fans who e-mailed Datches and some talked to her and Z Gorres directly who visited them in the hospital expressing their admiration for him as a world class boxer and at the same time promising financial help. Not to mention boxing dignitaries who visited Z Gorres from Top Rank Promotions, Manny Pacquiao Promotions, former WBO bantamweight champion Gerry Penalosa and WBC light flyweight champion Rodel Mayol.

Philippine Senator Lito Lapid who is a friend of Dr. Calderon also visited Z Gorres in the hospital with financial help and a promise of livelihood assistance program as soon as Gorres is ready."

Pacquiao to hold fundraiser for Z Gorres
abs-cbnNEWS.com | 01/17/2010 6:31 PM

MANILA, Philippines – Pound-for-pound king and seven-division champion Manny Pacquiao is all set to go the United States for the promotional tour and training for his March 13 fight against Ghanaian Joshua Clottey.

He will leave for Los Angeles Sunday night in order to make it to the press conferences scheduled on Tuesday in Dallas, Texas and Wednesday in New York.

Pacquiao will defend his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title against Clottey, a former International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight champion, at the Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.

Apart from his busy promotional schedule, Pacquiao is slated to hold a dinner fundraiser for fellow Filipino ZC Oliveros “Z” Gorres in Las Vegas, reported ABS-CBN correspondent Dyan Castillejo.

Gorres, won over Luis Melendez of Colombia in their 10-round bout in November by unanimous decision, went through an emergency brain surgery in November. The Filipino fighter suffered a left straight punch to the temple from Melendez in the 10th round which caused a blood clot in his brain.

According to PhilBoxing.com, he has been discharged from the University Medical Center (UMC) in Las Vegas after being deemed out of danger after undergoing his 2nd major surgery. (Read: Z Gorres undergoes 2nd major surgery)

Pacquiao’s adviser Mike Koncz said in a press conference that all proceeds will be given to Gorres to help him rebuild his life. He added that they are aiming to raise $500,000 for Gorres.

Returning to the ring as a fighter has been ruled out for the promising Filipino boxer because of the grave injury he suffered.

Still open to fight Mayweather

Meanwhile, Koncz added that they are not closing their doors on Floyd Mayweather, Jr., whom Pacquiao was supposed to face on March 13 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Negotiations for the Pacquiao-Mayweather super bout crumbled when the fighters’ camps disagreed on the drug testing protocol. Pacquiao even sued Mayweather and some members of his team for alleging that he was taking performance-enhancing drugs.

Koncz said Team Pacquiao believes that Mayweather did not want the fight that is why he brought up the drug testing issue.

Despite this, Koncz mentioned that they are still open to fight Mayweather just to give the fans the fight they want to see.

Pacquiao and Mayweather earlier agreed on a 50-50 split. Each fighter was estimated to earn at least $40 million to $50 million.

Koncz admitted that Pacquiao will earn less in his fight against Clottey, but it is still a “decent” amount. – With reports from PhilBoxing.com, Bev Llorente of ABS-CBN North America News Bureau and Dyan Castillejo of ABS-CBN News

sana tuloy tuloy na recovery ni Z....