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Chinese boxer stays in coma
Monday, May 5 2008
By Joe Koizumi
A Japan-based Chinese boxer named Cho He (5-6, 4 KOs) remains in a coma because of a brain injury after his stoppage by JBC#11 super-light contender Daichi Sakoda (9-1, 6 KOs) at 2:53 of the sixth and final round beneath a Japanese national 140-pound title bout on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan. Cho dropped the higher ranked Sakoda with a solid left hook in the first round, and fought well before the southpaw Sakoda came back fighting to offset his deficit on points. In the literally fatal and last round Cho, still game and gallant, absorbed Sakoda’s solid combinations to become rubber-legged and the referee called a halt with only seven seconds remaining in the contest. Some people say it looked even premature as Cho had scored a first-round knockdown and it was still closely contested. Cho, prone on the deck, was paralyzed with his legs trembling even while he was carried out of the ring on a stretcher. The JBC doctor immediately advised to take him to Jikei Medical Hospital, where his brain was promptly operated on to remove blood clots. Cho, 22, remains in a coma there.
By Joe Koizumi
A Japan-based Chinese boxer named Cho He (5-6, 4 KOs) remains in a coma because of a brain injury after his stoppage by JBC#11 super-light contender Daichi Sakoda (9-1, 6 KOs) at 2:53 of the sixth and final round beneath a Japanese national 140-pound title bout on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan. Cho dropped the higher ranked Sakoda with a solid left hook in the first round, and fought well before the southpaw Sakoda came back fighting to offset his deficit on points. In the literally fatal and last round Cho, still game and gallant, absorbed Sakoda’s solid combinations to become rubber-legged and the referee called a halt with only seven seconds remaining in the contest. Some people say it looked even premature as Cho had scored a first-round knockdown and it was still closely contested. Cho, prone on the deck, was paralyzed with his legs trembling even while he was carried out of the ring on a stretcher. The JBC doctor immediately advised to take him to Jikei Medical Hospital, where his brain was promptly operated on to remove blood clots. Cho, 22, remains in a coma there.
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