The 25-year-old Scottish Boxer. Mick Towel, dubbed Iron Mick is dead after suffering a fifth round loss to Welshman Dale Evans in a St. Andrews Sporting club Welterweight fight in Glasgow on Thursday.
He battled with bleeding and swelling in the brain for hours, the doctor said.
Towel from Dundee was knocked down in the first and fifth round of the fight before the fight was stopped and he was taken out of the ring in a stretcher.
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Towell was knocked
down in the opening round of his bout by Welshman Dale Evans and referee Victor
Loughlin eventually stopped the contest in the fifth. The fighter received treatment in the ring
before being taken to hospital
St Andrews Sporting
Club, which organised the fight, said early on Saturday that Towell had died.
The statement from the organizers on the twitter reads
"Within the last hour Mike Towell passed away - he will always be in our hears .
.In a statement, the British welterweight eliminator said.
The aftermath of
the fight is so hard to take in but I just want people to know that every thought I have today is with Mike Towell's family," he said.
"He is a true
warrior who has brought such excitement to Scottish boxing."
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