By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
A 27-year-old heavyweight boxer has been pronounced deceased after spending three weeks in a medically induced coma from his last fight.
Our source, FOX 11, Los Angeles, reported Saturday April 27, that heavyweight Ardi Ndembo was knocked unconscious during his April 5 bout against Nestor Santana in Miami.
He was then transported to a local hospital, where he was placed in a coma, but he died.
“We at Viva Promotions mourn the loss of Ardi Ndembo, a talented Congolese boxer who tragically passed away after a knockout in a Team Combat League match on April 5.
“He remained in an induced coma until his untimely death. RIP Ardi Ndembo!,” the promotion said in a statement, via the New York Post.
Floyd Mayweather’s uncle, Jeff, works with the Team Combat League on the same team that Ndembo represented when he fought.
“Boxing’s a sport where you grow up watching it and loving it, but there’s so much risk involved.
“Anyone can lose their life from boxing. When something like this happens, it wakes up the whole entire world.
“I don’t think boxing’s a bad sport, because you can die in any sport. You drive a race car at 200 mph, if it slides, you’re going to die, too.
“You can die in any sport, but boxing is a brutal sport,” Mayweather told The Sun.
The league gave the fighter a 10-bell salute and is matching donations made to a GoFundMe up to $25,000.
Ndembo, who was Congolese, was 8-0 entering the fight earlier this month. He is survived by his wife and two children.
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