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Boxer Zab Judah reportedly 'making progress' after being hospitalized following TKO defeat

9-6-2019 < RT 24 447 words
 

Concerns remain for the health of 41-year-old Zab Judah, who has fought the likes of Floyd Mayweather and Amir Khan in an illustrious career, after he was taken ill following an 11th-round stoppage defeat.


Former light-welterweight and welterweight world champion Judah was stopped by American fighter Cletus Seldin in a one-sided contest in Verona, New York on Friday and afterwards complained of feeling unwell and was transported to a nearby medical facility. 


Initial reports suggested that Judah may be in a critical condition and was suffering from bleeding on the brain, but word filtering out from figures associated with the fighter on Sunday says that his condition isn't as serious as previously thought.












A statement released to the media by Carl Moretti, Vice President of Boxing Operations for Top Rank, denied reports circulating that Judah was in a coma, as reported by worldboxingnews.net.


"Zab was never in an induced coma," it read. "He had bleeding on the brain but did CAT scan today and swelling went down a little. He is eating, walking and talking."


While this update contradicts some of the reports which suggested that Judah was in a coma, several of boxing's big names took to Twitter on Sunday to voice their concern for the multiple time former world champion. 



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