boxer loses his life due to a brain hemorrhage

Posted on June 8, 2022

A match between two South African boxers, Simiso Buthelezi and Siphesihle Mntungwahappened Sunday in Durban in the challenge valid for the World Boxing Federation All Africa Lightweight, ended in tragedy.

Match ended early

The match ended early as Buthelezi appeared unconscious outside the ring after losing all points of reference. Shortly before, he himself had started throwing his punches into an empty space at an imaginary opponent. Buthelezi was in total control of the match, in fact, up to that moment he had punched the opponent all hit and had defended very well without receiving dangerous punches.

The empty fists

However, when the opponent went out of the ring, here comes the twist of the match: Buthelezi starts hitting an opponent that only he saw and the referee, with Buthelezi falling into his arms, whistled the end of the match, which went to Mntungwa. Immediate arrival of the doctors who took Buthelezi to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a brain hemorrhage. So he was moved to the ICU in an induced coma. Meanwhile, Dr. Buyi Mabaso Dlamini had immediately said: “His conditions are not good at all, they are critical but stable. We found out that he has had a cerebral hemorrhage and cannot be operated on right now ”. His heart has stopped beating in the past few hours and there was nothing for him to do.

The coach’s discomfort

The coach Bheki Mngomezulu had hinted that all of this could have been caused by something prior to the meeting: “Doctors say there may be a blood clot in the brain from a blow to the head. But there was nothing to worry about in training or during the match. He was commanding the points before the accident. I can’t really explain what happened, to be honest. He was in good condition. Another suspicion is that he may have suffered an injury before Sunday’s match. There could be injuries that have accumulated over the years. His condition worsened upon arrival at the hospital “. In addition to this, the coach himself made references to a possible use of traditional African medicine, which also makes use of natural products derived from trees, minerals and even animals: “My thought is that there was something sinister, like Zulu medicine, like ‘muthi'”.