British boxing star Connor Coghill forced to retire after suffering bleed on brain a week after horror KO defeat
BRITISH boxer Connor Coghill has been forced to retire after suffering a bleed on the brain.
The 28-year-old was on the undercard for Leigh Wood’s bout with Josh Warrington on October 7.
He lost his WBA continental belt to Hopey Price after a 12th round technical knockout defeat in Sheffield.
But the following week he complained of headaches and was admitted to hospital, where a scan discovered a bleed on his brain.
Coghill’s trainer, Stefy Bull, released a statement to give fans an update on his condition two weeks ago.
It read: “Connor has had headaches since his boxing contest last week in Sheffield.
“Obviously it’s devastating news for Connor as boxing has been his life since a young age.
“He’s stable and resting and wanting people to respect his time during this difficult period.
“Everyone at Stefy Bull Promotions are praying for a full recovery and wish him good health. We will keep you all updated.”
However, Bull has since confirmed that Coghill has been forced to retire.
The trainer has set up a fundraising page in a bid to financially support Coghill while he continues to recover.
A statement on the page read: “Thankfully after almost a week he’s been discharged and hopefully over the coming months he’ll make a full recovery.
“Due to this injury sadly Connor has had to retire from professional boxing and now stuck with no form of income.
“He’s been told he can’t do anything for the next 6 months which obviously is going to be hard for him.
“My goal is to try and support him as much as we can, our aim is to raise as much as we can to support Connor with something positive moving forward.
“Boxing has been his life and all he’s known since being a young boy. With his fighting career now taken away I think and believe Connor can still make a life out of doing something he loves (boxing).
“We have a vision of sourcing a gym in his home town big enough to start his own amateur boxing club and supporting him to also gain his professional licences so he can train boxers to become champions just like himself.
“Connor is well liked and well supported in Hull and I believe he can still achieve things doing something he loves.”
The GoFundMe page has since raised over £5,200 of the £20,000 target.