By Ronnie Nathanielsz
A post-fight CT Scan conducted on lightweight Czar Amonsot (19-3-1, 11 KO’s) showed no signs whatsoever of any ill-effects following his rousing 5th round TKO over Indonesia’s Joel Fidal (16-6-2, 7 KO’s) before some 15,000 fight fans at the Island Mall car park in Tagbilaran City, Bohol last January 31.
ALA boxing gym chairman and respected boxing patron Tony Aldeguer refused to take any chances and had Amonosot subjected to the CT Scan imaging which has been described as “imaging that combines special x-ray equipment with sophisticated computers to produce multiple images or pictures of the inside of the body. These cross-sectional images of the area being studied
Can then be examined on a computer monitor or printed.” The CT Scan provides “greater clarity and reveal more details than regular x-ray exams.”
It is also said that “using specialized equipment and expertise to create and interpret CT scans of the body, radiologists can more easily diagnose trauma and musculoskeletal disorders.”
Aldeguer told insidesports.ph, Standard Today and Viva Sports that a few days after his comeback fight he had Amonsot undergo the CT scan “on my own accord. I felt as his manager I had to make sure that he is healthy and fit and has no recurring injury.”
A clearly pleased Aldeguer said “the result is very encouraging. No negatiuve effects and he is positively healthy.”
The CT scan conducted by the Visayas Community Medical Center in Cebu City said there was “no actue intracranial hemorrhage or extra axial fluid collection. There is no area of vascular territorial infarction and the venticles are normal in size and configuration.”
Noted radiologist Lynette R. Fernandez M.D. reported that “there is no shift of the midline structures and the gray-white matter differentiation is preserved.”
The report also noted “no definite abnormalities are seen within both orbital regions.”
Amonsot was cleared to fight after his career was in doubt when doctors in Las Vegas detected a spec of blood outside the brain following his bloody and brutal war with Australia’s Michael “The Great” Katisidis in Las Vegas in July 2007.
Despite the long layoff, an excellent conditioning program and an abiding faith and desire to return to the ring paid off for Amonsot. A series of tests including MRI’s and CTScans plus a clearance from noted neurosurgeon Dr. Almario Jabson and the Philippine Games and Amusements Board paved the way for the hard-hitting southpaw to return to the ring against Fidal which erased any lingering doubts over his condition or his talent.
Amonsot who hardly showed any trace of his nineteen month absence from the ring proved far too skilful and strong for Fidal. A vicious body shot in round two dropped the Indonesian for the first time.
A cracking left cross by Amonsot sent Fidal crashing to the canvas in the 5th round with referee Delbert Peligrino counting out the hapless Indonesian to the delight of Aldeguer and Tagbilaran City’s popular sportsman, Mayor Dan Neri Lim, a passionate supporter of boxing along with his city council and executive assistant Mark Monton of the picturesque island of Bohol.
