Puerto Rican boxer Prichard Colon’s death has brought back the controversy surrounding the injuries he suffered in his last fight with Terrel Williams in 2015. Colon was rendered vegetative by Williams’ punches to the back of his head- a condition that did not change, despite periodic improvements, in the next 11 years of Colon’s life.
The central development
Jason R Williams, a California -based oncologist who runs Williams Cancer Institute, revealed the real impact of Terrel Williams punches on Prichard Colon’s head. Dr. Eventually, the pressure from the blood killed his brain tissue.
He said that Prichard had started bleeding long before the fight eventually ended and he received medical care.
What Happens Next
He spent 221 days in a coma and the next decade unable to walk or speak, while his parents cared for him around the clock. “Brain tissue does not come back. Surgeons saved his life that night, but no treatment in medicine could return what the bleed took.
