Contreras-Viloria fight to be investigated
Mexican boxer underwent brain surgery after being in coma
LOS ANGELES - The California State Athletic Commission will investigate the boxing match in which Mexican flyweight Ruben Contreras quit fighting in the sixth round, suffered a seizure and needed brain surgery.
The commission has requested a tape of last Saturday’s fight between Contreras and Brian Viloria from promoter Top Rank Boxing and will review the event round by round.
Contreras, of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, stopped fighting in the sixth round and complained of a headache. He had the seizure less than 10 minutes after the bout ended.
The 32-year-old Contreras had surgery to relieve pressure from bleeding on his brain. Doctors are hopeful the surgery was performed quickly enough to avoid permanent damage.
“We’re just going to watch the tape and determine if all procedures were followed, try to determine if there was anything we could have done differently,” Dean Lohuis, chief inspector for the commission, said Thursday. “We’re not saying anything was improper. It’s just our procedure when this kind of incident occurs.”
Lohuis served as the commission’s interim executive director until Wednesday, when he was replaced by Armando Garcia.
There were no knockdowns in the fight, but Contreras was bleeding from the nose and mouth. He and Viloria fought on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez-Ivan Robinson bout.
Lohuis said Contreras’ condition hadn’t worsened Thursday, that the boxer was continuing his recovery at California Hospital Medical Center.
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