Boxer Declared Brain Dead

Boxer Declared Brain Dead
2008-01-03 08:12:42
By KWANG-TAE KIM Associated Press Writer

From Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean boxer who fell into a coma after winning his WBO intercontinental flyweight title fight last week was declared dead early Thursday.

Choi Yo-sam was declared dead after his internal organs were removed for donation, a spokesman at Asan Hospital said. A hospital committee had pronounced Choi brain dead Wednesday after a series of tests. He had been in a coma since shortly after winning the fight against challenger Heri Amol in Seoul on Dec. 25.