Boxer Patrick Day, 27, Dies of Traumatic Brain Injury After Being Knocked Out in the Ring
Patrick Day.Photo: Edward Diller/Icon Sportswire/Getty Boxer Patrick Day has died after suffering a traumatic brain injury during his USBA super welterweight title fight in Chicago on Saturday. He was 27. Day was competing against Charles Conwell — a 2016 U.S. Olympian — when he was struck behind the ear,Sports IllustratedandUSA Todayreported. Day’s management company Dibella Entertainmentreleased a statementat the time, explaining that the athlete underwent emergency surgery. Day then fell into a coma due to the injury and died on Wednesday....