The AP has announced that Choi Yoi-sam, the new WBO intercontinental flyweight, has been declared brain dead*. Apparently he won the WBO title on December 25th in Seoul Korea against Indonesian challenger, Heri Amol. During this bout he was knocked down in the 12th round and fell into a coma shortly after the fight. He never recovered.
* Brain Dead per Wikipedia: A brain-dead individual has no clinical evidence of brain function upon physical examination. This includes no response to pain and no cranial nerve reflexes. Reflexes include pupillary response (fixed pupils), oculocephalic reflex, corneal reflex, no response to the caloric reflex test and no spontaneous respirations.
I must admit that I’ve never heard of Choi before, but I’m sad to hear of his death. This brings back thoughts of Diego Corrales who passed away back in May 2007 from injuries resulting from a motorcycle wreck. These are tremendous loses to the people who knew them. Lets hope that 2008 has no more of these surprises in store.
Choi Yoi-sam was 33 years young.
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