Mark Brookes home for Christmas...
Posted: 17 Dec 2004, 09:21
Mark Brookes, the Swinton man who underwent emergency surgery to remove a blood clot on his brain last week, has been allowed home.
Doctors at Sheffield's Hallamshire Hospital gave him the all-clear after he made "remarkable" progress following the four-hour op on Saturday.
Brookes collapsed at home after being stopped in the final round of his English light-heavyweight title challenge to Peter Haymer at Hillsborough Leisure Centre.
Manager and promoter Dennis Hobson said: "Mark has done so well and everyone is glad to see him back where he belongs. It's brilliant news."
But 25-year-old Brookes faces hard times ahead, mentally. A born fighter, he will never be allowed in a ring again.
We wish him well.
Doctors at Sheffield's Hallamshire Hospital gave him the all-clear after he made "remarkable" progress following the four-hour op on Saturday.
Brookes collapsed at home after being stopped in the final round of his English light-heavyweight title challenge to Peter Haymer at Hillsborough Leisure Centre.
Manager and promoter Dennis Hobson said: "Mark has done so well and everyone is glad to see him back where he belongs. It's brilliant news."
But 25-year-old Brookes faces hard times ahead, mentally. A born fighter, he will never be allowed in a ring again.
We wish him well.