The fight turned into a tragedy. Jeanette Zacarias Zapata, a young 18-year-old Mexican boxer, is still in a coma after her knockout last weekend against the Canadian Marie Pier Houle in Montreal.
At the end of 4e round, Jeanette Zacarias Zapa, who fought for the first time far from her country, was cornered in the ropes under the elbows of her adversary. Faced with his inability to react, the referee decided to stop the match. And if she was still conscious, she quickly appeared in distress.
As the Canadian celebrated her victory, the young Mexican began to convulse and found herself lying in the ring before being rushed to hospital. She was immediately admitted to intensive care in critical and unstable condition. When he arrived, the first exams were far from reassuring and the doctors were very worried. They even feared that she would succumb.
Although his state of health has improved somewhat and has become stable, he is still critical. Jeanette Zacarias Zapata, who had already suffered a knockout no later than last May, is also still plunged into an artificial coma in order to give her every chance to recover, but also to allow her body and her brain to recover. rest. And the next few days will be decisive for knowing the extent of the consequences and whether or not they will be irreversible.
La Boxeadora mexicana Jeanette Zacarías struggles between la vida y la muerte tras el castigo that recibió in Canadá por la peleadora local Marie Pier Houle,
La peleadora de tan solo 18 años de edad llegó has been compromised con un record de dos ganadas y tres perdidas pic.twitter.com/pelrBSTwWO
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