Shannon Taylor on life support.

[ryan711]

From his girlfriend
Shannan is still on life support, it hasn't been switched off, he was less sedated today & showed positive signs with him trying to open his eyes & move his mouth, he is still not breathing on his own though so this is why he remains on life support in a critical but stable condition, they have him sedated again overnight & will ease the sedation again in the morning & encourage him to try to wake up, I will continue to try & update his progress when I can guys but your positive thoughts & prayers are working, thankyou
Bec x

[Brute]

Good luck to him.

[boxheadtrinidad]

Good luck & god bless you Shannon, our thoughts and prayers are with you champ.

[JSA]

Very very sad to hear. Clearly many personal demons that have never been excised/dealt with for a long time. Sincerely hopes he gets through this. Thoughts and prayers with him and his family.

[Beltane]

Keep hanging in there Shannon, we are all thinking of you.

[ryan711]

EXCLUSIVE by Paul Kent The Daily Telegraph

POLICE are investigating whether Shannan Taylor was the mistaken victim of an attempted gangland hit.

Strike Force Calligan has widened its investigation to include the boxer's drug overdose on Sunday night which left him in an induced coma and on life support in Wollongong Hospital.

The stunning development has thrown new light on how Taylor almost overdosed after mistakenly consuming heroin he thought was cocaine.

Detectives are investigating if the drug substitution was a planned "hot-shot" to bring down another man as part of an ongoing drug war.

Several deaths have already been connected to the war.

Taylor remained on life support last night after doctors decided against earlier plans to revive him yesterday morning.

He has already had three heart machines removed but remains on a respirator.

The strike force was formed earlier this month following the disappearance of underworld figure Goran Nikolovski, whose car was found incinerated in bush at Macquarie Pass on November 4.

Nikolovski - still missing - is alleged to be an associate of the man who provided Taylor and his drinking party with the heroin they believed was cocaine on Sunday night.

The associate also snorted the drug and was rushed to hospital with Taylor, but was released on Tuesday.

His ill-fated hook-up with Taylor appears to have happened by accident.

Taylor was drinking with his promoter Rod Van Akker and another man on Sunday night and later returned to Van Akker's home.


At some point the associate of Nikolovski arrived at the house, left for a short while, and returned with another man and the drug they believed was cocaine.

As well as being an associate of Nikolovski, the man was also connected to another underworld figure, convicted drug dealer Saso Ristevski, who was executed in front of his family at his home on September 28.

Ristevski and Nikolovski both served jail time for a large cocaine haul.

Police who searched Van Akker's home on Monday took away a dinner plate they believe was used to cut up the powdered drug.

As well as the recent deaths, another close associate of Nikolovski also recently took himself to hospital with severe stomach complaints, another area of interest for police.

Adding weight to police suspicions the seller targeted the associate is the fact there have been no other hospital admissions from overdose victims affected by the same batch of drugs, indicating he was deliberately targete

[JSA]

Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez. Thats hardcore!!! All hope that he recovers.

[Da Voice]

Shannan mistaking heroin & cocaine ?? I think Shannan is quite familiar with both.
I suspect, if in pissed state, he most likely dropped one too many dud home made party tabs, which is rampant atm.
IMO. his situation ain't consistent with Heroin & Cocaine overdose

[ryan711]

Da Voice,drug testing in aussie boxing is there,before a fight? or not at all?

[Da Voice]

Da Voice,drug testing in aussie boxing is there, before a fight? or not at all?

None! Simply 'cos it would take a fair bit of time to get pathology results to pinpoint prohibited drug, other than medical requirement Hep B, C, HIV/Aids, which in most case is achieved on the day of the fight.
At times I wonder if Oz show supervisors know what's legal & what ain't to contain a cut. I guess they're unaware of substance that is nothing short of super-glue :P

[dberry]

I think the costs involved are also restrictive.

[ryan711]

update from this gf bec
Shannan is still critical but stable no change guys, won't know much more until he wakes up, on another note-do not believe all that media print!!! NO this is not gangland related nor is what happened to shannan related to any recent crime that's been in the news so I would ask the media to have some respect for us & not to print utter rubbish just to sell a paper!! It's disgusting that our energy is wasted on defending Shannan when it should be used to get him better-shame on you Mis informed So called journo's in media Land!!! A BIG thankyou to all the people sending their love!! Bec x

[ryan711]

Very great News!!!!
Shan was awake today, has been taken off life support & has just been having a little oxygen, has been whispering as he can't talk yet, really positive day, he even had a whinge about the bed being uncomfortable lol so another step forward on the long road ahead
Bec xxxx

[tear up]

the guys a warrior through and through

[tear up]

how is shannon taylor now iv not heard any news of how he s doin in a while

[Brute]

He came out of the coma early in December and was improving. He has been out of the news lately.

[Brute]

Any word on the Blaster?

Will he fight again?

[buster007]

i think he just won his world title.