Posted at 5:40 p.m., Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Boxing: Injured boxer likely to be declared brain dead
By Kwang-Tae Kim
Associated Press
Choi Yoi-sam has been in a coma since shortly after winning his fight against Indonesian challenger Heri Amol in Seoul on Dec. 25.
The 33-year-old South Korean was knocked down in the 12th and final round of the bout.
Doctors were scheduled to remove Choi's organs for transplantation later Wednesday, said the official at Asan Medical Center in Seoul. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he said the determination of brain death wasn't expected to be officially announced until later Wednesday.
South Korean media reported that Choi had said he would donate his organs.
