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Las Vegas––Z Gorres has been medically-induced into a coma at the University Medical Center (UMC) in Las Vegas yesterday after his skull was opened to drain the fluid in his brain to relieve pressure.
Gorres was rushed to the hospital after he collapsed in his corner right after he was proclaimed the winner by unanimous decision against Luis Melendez of Colombia at the House of Blues at the Mandalay Bay Hotel.
The boxing event organized by Top Rank was a prelude to today’s match-up between Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines and WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto of Puerto at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Dr. Allan Recto, who visited Gorres in the hospital, said Gorres remains in critical condition.
Recto said he was told by Dr. Michael Seiss, the critical care specialist attending Gorres, that Gorres would be in coma for three to five days and “hopefully he will return to consciousness.”
“If an ordinary person, like you and me, would be in Gorres' condition,” Dr. Recto said, “the chances of survival are very slim. Only because Gorres is an athlete does he have more chances to survive.”
ALA Gym President Michael Aldeguer and Vice President Dennis Canete are in the hospitalto monitor Gorres' condition.
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Meanwhile, ALA chairman Antonio L. Aldeguer, who has nurtured Gorres' boxing career since Gorres was nine years old, has asked for prayers for Gorres' recovery.
“Gorres is a very good family man with a loving wife and four children. He is a very kind and gentle person. A rare human being. Please ask the Lord not to take him yet. We need your prayers for him,” Aldeguer said in a text message.
