Footage has shown lightweight boxer Simiso Buthelezi shockingly losing his bearings after taking a blow to the head in a bout on Sunday.

Footage has shown lightweight boxer Simiso Buthelezi shockingly losing his bearings after taking a blow to the head in a bout on Sunday.

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Lightweight boxer Simiso Buthelezi, who shockingly lost his bearings after a bout on Sunday, is said to have suffered a bleed on the brain.

Footage has shown lightweight boxer Simiso Buthelezi shockingly losing his bearings after taking a blow to the head in a bout on Sunday.

Footage has shown lightweight boxer Simiso Buthelezi shockingly losing his bearings after taking a blow to the head in a bout on Sunday.

The incident occurred during a bout this past weekend, with footage showing talented boxer Buthelezi strangely starting to shadowbox in the corner of the ring, and with his back turned to his opponent.

In the fight against Siphesihle Mntungwa in Greyville, the boxer doesn’t appear to have suffered a heavy blow before the incident, but inexplicably goes on to lose his bearings before the bout was quickly called off.

It’s since been reported that Buthelezi has been placed in an induced coma in a Durban hospital following the World Boxing Federation All Africa Lightweight fight.

The latest update suggests that doctors believe there could be a blood clot on the brain due to a blow to the head, presumably suffered at some point during the bout.

“He is not in a good health condition at all, he is critical but stable,” doctor Buyi Mabaso-Dlamini told Sowetan Live on Tuesday. “We discovered that he bled on the brain and sadly his condition does not allow the doctors that are treating to operate at the moment due to the condition.”

“Another suspicion is that he may have suffered an injury before Sunday’s fight,” said Mabaso-Dlamini. “It could be injuries building up all the years. His condition deteriorated when he was rushed to the hospital. But he was worse on his arrival at the hospital than when he left Greyville. We trust in God that a miracle can still happen.”

His trainer Bheki Mngomezulu said the incident was quite inexplicable.

“There wasn’t anything untoward in the fight and in training. He was leading the fight on points before the unfortunate incident occurred,” Mngomezulu said, as quoted by Sport24.

“I really can’t explain what happened to be honest. It was bewildering, but in his training and in the build-up to the fight, there was nothing untoward with regards to his condition.

“He was in good nick before the fight.”

You can see the incident involving the boxer below:

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