— the new york native was knocked unconscious during the fight’s tenth round and suffered a traumatic brain injury. Day slipped into a coma following brain surgery and never. — lawal was knocked out while competing in his first major event at the harrow leisure centre in london on sunday, may 12. After suffering a blow to the temple, lawal. British middleweight sherif lawal has died after collapsing in the ring during his professional debut on sunday, may 12, fight organizers said. The british boxing board of control sent a note. — middlewieight boxer sherif lawal has passed away after collapsing in the ring following a knockout punch in his professional debut in the uk. He was only 29 years old. — tributes are flowing for british boxer sherif lawal who died while making his professional debut. — british middleweight boxer sherif lawal has died following his professional debut fight on sunday. — middleweight boxer sherif lawal died after collapsing in the ring sunday. The british boxing board of control issued a statement monday, saying the thoughts of all those. — british middleweight boxer sherif lawal died after collapsing during his professional debut on sunday. Fight organizers announced his death, which came after the 29. — british boxer sherif lawal has died after collapsing following a blow to the temple during his professional debut on sunday. — a boxer has died after being knocked down during his first professional fight in london. Sherif lawal was treated by paramedics at the scene after the referee ended. — boxer sherif lawal dead at 29 after getting knocked out during his professional debut. Lawal suffered a fatal blow to his temple during the match on may 12 in. — sherif lawal, a middleweight boxer, collapsed in the ring at london’s harrow leisure centre during his match against portuguese opponent malam varela on sunday. — middleweight sherif lawal, who trained out of st pancras bc, lost his life following his debut at harrow leisure centre last night (may 12). In the opening bout of a four. The incident took place at the harrow leisure centre in london. Following this, the referee began.