Borno State coach, Endurance Aberegidi, has revealed why the Imo State boxer,Chukwuemeka Igboanugo died during a boxing bout at the on going National Sports Festival in Asaba, Delta State.
According to him, the slow response of the medical team was responsible for the death of the boxer.
PUNCH METRO on Tuesday reported that Igboanugo passed out after he received multiple punches in the chin from Anambra’s Gaby Amagor in their 86kg category bout.
Reacting to the incident, Aberegidi, stated blamed the medical team for their prompt response to the situation.
” It was a pathetic situation. These guy trained for years and after getting a national opportunity, he then dies in the ring,” he said
“I was in the ring side when he fell and the medics rushed in and tried to revive him. He slightly responded and they took him to the emergency unit, then they asked for the boxer’s coach.
“I walked up to them and they told me that the boy was not responding to treatment,” Aberegidi said.
The Coach said the medical team wasted more effort looking for the boxer’s coach instead of treating him.
“They were looking for the coach for over 20 minutes as the boy was not responding to treatment. I don’t know why they wasted so much time to treat the boy. They should have focused on treating him. They said the boy didn’t allow anyone to treat him and after a short while, they came back and said he had given up the ghost,” he said.
