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After Day was down for several minutes while receiving medical attention, he was removed from the ring on a stretcher and brought to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
While being transported to the hospital, the professional boxer suffered a seizure in the ambulance, according toDAZN.com.
After Day’s hospitalization, former Super-Welterweight Champion Sergio Mora tweeted: “Everyone please send a prayer to Patrick Day & his family today,” Mora wrote with a hand praying emoji.
Day suffered his second consecutive defeat on Saturday, following his 10th round loss on June 28 to emerging junior middleweight contender Carlos Adames. His current record is 17-4-1, 6 KOs, ESPN reported.
Conwell, meanwhile, moved his record up to 11-0, with eight KOs.
Day was a 2012 U.S. Olympic athlete and, that same year, became the New York Daily News Golden Gloves champion, USA Boxing welterweight national champion, and Sugar Ray Robinson Outstanding Athlete award recipient, according to ESPN.
source: people.com
