As you know, at the end On March, the famous Ukrainian boxer Vyacheslav Uzelkov was diagnosed with a blood clot in the heart, a blood clot in the aorta and gangrene of the leg.
This was reported by URA-Inform with reference to Obozrevatel.
In April, he underwent complex heart surgery and underwent rehabilitation, and later announced that he had received a Group II disability. Doctors fought for the life of the 45-year-old boxer, but were unable to save him.
The former world champion in the bantamweight division, and now — Vice President of the Professional Boxing League of Ukraine Alina Shaternikova said that the information that Uzelkov died from a suddenly detached blood clot is not entirely true.
According to her, there were many blood clots in his cardiovascular system.
«There was no chance. There were a lot of blood clots. It's not “It happened suddenly,” she said.
According to Shaternikova, at some point in the hospital the athlete's heart stopped, and doctors managed to restart it. Unfortunately, the ex-boxer never came out of the coma.
It also became known that Fury named the boxer he wants to fight after Usyk.
