BOXING: BURGOS SURVIVES SURGERY BUT IN COMA AFTER LOSS TO AUSSIE

Agence France Presse — English
March 5, 2007 Monday 4:48 PM GMT

Mexican flyweight fighter Victor Burgos remained in a coma on Monday
following brain surgery to remove a blood clot after his loss here
on Saturday to undefeated Australian Vic Darchinyan.

The Armenian-born Darchinyan, 28-0, stopped Burgos at 1:27 of the
12th round to retain the International Boxing Federation flyweight
crown, finishing with a battering of blows to the head that worried
ringside doctors.

After going to his corner and slumping wearily to his stool, Burgos
was taken from the ring on a stretcher and sent to a hospital where
he immediately underwent surgery to remove the blood clot from his
brain and reduce swelling.

Burgos remained in a medically induced coma at Los Angeles County
Harbor Medical Center in nearby Torrance, with doctors saying he showed
signs of movement that were a positive sign for a possible recovery.

Burgos, 32, of Tijuana has a record of 39-15 with three drawn. He
won the IBF junior flyweight crown in 2003 and moved up in weight
two years later.

"I know he’s fighting right now to come through this because a brave
fighter is what he has always been," said Don King, Burgos’ promoter.

"Now we need God’s help to see him back to health."