Michael Norgrove rushed to hospital after fight.

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Light middleweight boxer Michael Norgrove has been rushed to hospital to undergo surgery on his brain after collapsing during a fight in London.

The undefeated 31-year-old, who has five wins from five, was contesting his sixth professional fight when he fell to the ground.
With suspected bleeding on the brain, the Zambia-born fighter was immediately taken to hospital where he was operated on.
The bout was being held at the Ring in Blackfriars, the first professional boxing to be staged at the venue in 73 years.
The remainder of the fights on the card were cancelled.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/boxi ... 10588.html

I hope he they got to it in time and he makes a full recovery.

[pyenest77]

Just read it on here. Hope he is ok.

[philipgill]

Mike has had surgery witch was sucessful in removing a blood clot. Now will be sedated for a few days, is in a stable condition.

Was working as the house second it was a horrible thing to see happen he handnt taken a single big shot so makes you wonder where the damage was done ? was up in the fight having droped the other lad in the first round.

I know refs and the board get slagged a lot but I felt Jeff Hinds was spot in called a halt to the fight before Mike colpsed and never got hit with anything was well spottted. The oxygen and docs where in there within seconds. This guys is why we have the best governing body in the world There actions saved his life and probably limited as much as can be possible any long term damage.

[ThereByTheGrace]

Mike has had surgery witch was sucessful in removing a blood clot. Now will be sedated for a few days, is in a stable condition.

Was working as the house second it was a horrible thing to see happen he handnt taken a single big shot so makes you wonder where the damage was done ? was up in the fight having droped the other lad in the first round.

I know refs and the board get slagged a lot but I felt Jeff Hinds was spot in called a halt to the fight before Mike colpsed and never got hit with anything was well spottted. The oxygen and docs where in there within seconds. This guys is why we have the best governing body in the world There actions saved his life and probably limited as much as can be possible any long term damage.

That's good to hear he is stable and the action taken by the ref/docs was immediate. I hope he makes a full, speedy recovery.

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Mike has had surgery witch was sucessful in removing a blood clot. Now will be sedated for a few days, is in a stable condition.

Was working as the house second it was a horrible thing to see happen he handnt taken a single big shot so makes you wonder where the damage was done ? was up in the fight having droped the other lad in the first round.

I know refs and the board get slagged a lot but I felt Jeff Hinds was spot in called a halt to the fight before Mike colpsed and never got hit with anything was well spottted. The oxygen and docs where in there within seconds. This guys is why we have the best governing body in the world There actions saved his life and probably limited as much as can be possible any long term damage.

A nightmare scenario , glad he got the proper treatment quickly and hope he comes out relatively unscathed

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Hope the lad makes a full recovery. Is it worth the risk?

I'm not sure.. Phil says himself the chap didn't come under heavy fire and still this happens. What for a few hundred quid.

[Old bones Ian]

Could of been from sparring, but we won't know. Just hope the lad is ok and makes a good recovery.

[Datsue]

My thoughts go out to him & his. Wish him well.

[spudder56]

My thoughts go out to him & his. Wish him well.

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[GlobalBox]

Get Well Soon Michael, God bless

[Dan Dares]

Jeff Hinds was spot in called a halt to the fight before Mike colpsed and never got hit with anything was well spottted. The oxygen and docs where in there within seconds. This guys is why we have the best governing body in the world There actions saved his life and probably limited as much as can be possible any long term damage.

x 2. Jeff Hinds acted very swiftly, and so did the ambulance crew.

Hoping Michael's OK. Thanks for the update Phil.

[peter1948]

I was also present ringside at this Mark Burford promotion.
This came as a complete shock to everyone who was there, there was nothing to indicate what was about to unfold.
Jeff Hinds the referee was brilliant in his actions to call a halt & the medical team were in the ring in a flash giving Mike attention.
When this unfortunate situation happens The Board of Control are second to none in getting medic's on the scene to help the stricken boxer, which of course is how it should be.
Mike, our thoughts are with you & your family in this difficult time, we all wish you a speedy recovery, & also my thoughts are with the promoter Mark Burford who showed great concern for Mike.

[misterpunch]

what a terrible occurance. all thoughts go to michael and the excellent work of those who took swift action. also such a pity that this happened on such an occasion at this historic venue.

[peter1948]

Hello misterpunch
You were called out at Febs meeting at LEBA so that we could meet up but unfortunately you & your dad were not there, another time maybe?

[misterpunch]

hi peter, yeah my old fella was not well enough to go and we felt the cold weather was too much. however he's eager to go to next sundays meeting when you'll have to make yourself known to us both and incur the penalty of a cold pint.

hope the kenya trip went well

[Old bones Ian]

Sounds like Jeff Hinds did an excellent job, we all give the refs criticism on here for various reasons, but this shows that they have such a hard job to do. These sort of injuries to boxers will obviously play on the refs mind, i hope Jeff is taking the news about the injury ok, it must be hard for a ref to look back on a fight that someone suffers a serious injury in.

[philipgill]

Sounds like Jeff Hinds did an excellent job, we all give the refs criticism on here for various reasons, but this shows that they have such a hard job to do. These sort of injuries to boxers will obviously play on the refs mind, i hope Jeff is taking the news about the injury ok, it must be hard for a ref to look back on a fight that someone suffers a serious injury in.

I slagged Jeff when he stopped my fight in the first round and yes it may of been the wrong call but the difference is I'm still hear and if I was hurt and took some unnecessary punishment things could be a different story so when someone calls a fight early we have to learn to respect its hard to call and its best to go safety first. We can come back from an early stoppage but can u come back from a career ending beating NO.

[Jeff Thomas]

Is jeff hinds the black ref who does the small hall london circuit, if so he's a fabulous referee in my opinion. Against Nathan Weise i just wasnt right and he stopped the fight what looked a bit prematurely but I was absolutely out on my feet and he saved me from a far more embarrassing and concussive knockout in all likelihood.

I thought it was such a good call. As gutted as I was.

[Ratchet Exits Nu]

Is jeff hinds the black ref who does the small hall london circuit, if so he's a fabulous referee in my opinion.

He is and I agree.

I can imagine someone thinking he is a soift touch, he looks so mild mannered, but I believe he is a proper bad man, don't be fooled by the plaits!

[Ratchet Exits Nu]

I hope MN makes a complete recovery, these guys have a dangerous job, and its always sad when these things happen.

[peter1948]

Hello Misterpunch,
Yes my Kenyan trip went well.
I hope that your dad is feeling better & I hope to see you both at LEBA next week all being well.

[misterpunch]

i'm gonna get there a bit earlier than when we came in december - things were well under way by 11.00

see ya next week

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terrible news..apparently poor Michael has passed away.

[spudder56]

terrible news..apparently poor Michael has passed away.

If this is true it is devestating news and my heart goes out to his loved ones at this distressing time

[saad muhammad]

RIP Michael & God bless.