Patrick Day: American boxer dies four days after being knocked out

Junior middleweight boxer Patrick Day succumbed to brain injuries on October 17. This development comes four days after Day went into a Coma after being kcked out in a fight with fellow American Charles Conwell. Day was stretchered out of ring in bout which took place at Chicago on Saturday. His promoter, Lou DiBella, passed a statement informing media and fans about boxer's demise. 

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"Boxing me him feel alive"

Patrick Day was a US Olympic alternate in 2012 before he turned Pro in following year. As a Pro, he won WBC Continental Americas Championship in 2017 and IBF Intercontinental Championship in 2019. He was rated among Top 10 by both WBC and IBF, as of June 2019. fight with Charles Conwell was a super-welterweight fight which was on undercard of Oleksandr Usyk vs. Chazz Wirspoon, Usyk's Heavyweight Debut. fight, which took place in Chicago, was won by Conwell in 10th round via a Kckout. Patrick remained down for several minutes before being stretchered out by medics.

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Promoter shares his feelings

Patrick's promoter, Lou DiBella, spoke about boxer's demise and expressed his grief regarding same. He talked about how boxer was given company by his entire family as he fought for his life. DiBella also spoke about how Day, who was well educated, could have me a living in a lot of different ways but boxed for love of it. DiBella has also been sharing tributes to fallen champion on his Twitter.

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Opponent shares grief

Day's opponent, Charles Conwell, has competed for US in 2016 Summer Olympics. Conwell has expressed his grief on his social media platforms as he kept sharing posts and ims, praying for Day's recovery. After Day's demise, Conwell shared a post on Instagram paying tribute to Day and expressing his guilt over turn events of Saturday night took. Conwell ended piece by declaring that he aspires to win a World Title for Day. comments on Conwell's social media are filled with people offering him support and counsel.

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