Boxer Sherif Lawal dies after being knocked out in skilled debut in London

A British boxer has died after he misplaced on his skilled debut in London, officers mentioned.

Sherif Lawal was knocked down by a blow to the top from Malam Varela within the fourth spherical of a scheduled six-round middleweight combat on Sunday at Harrow Leisure Centre. The referee waved it off to permit paramedics to take care of Lawal. He was taken to hospital however died. He was 29.

“The British Boxing Board of Management sends their condolences to the household of Sherifdeen Lawal following his tragic passing after his Boxing contest on Sunday,” the board posted on social media on Monday. “The ideas of all these concerned in Boxing in Nice Britain are with them at this tough time.”

Warren Boxing Administration wrote on social media: “We wish to ship our condolences to all of Sherif’s household, associates, coaches and all these near him at this tragic time.”

Different boxers have died from blows suffered within the ring lately.  In 2021, 18-year-old Mexican boxer Jeanette Zacarias Zapata died 5 days after she was knocked out and injured in a Montreal ring.

In 2019, 27-year-old boxer Patrick Day died after struggling a traumatic mind damage from a violent knockout in a combat in Chicago. That very same yr, 28-year-old Russian welterweight prospect Maxim Dadashev and 23-year-old Argentine light-weight Hugo Alfredo Santillan died of accidents suffered contained in the ring.