AMONSOT MAY STILL BECOME A WORLD CHAMPION
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 25 Jul 2007
The specialist attending to Czar Amonsot who put up a gallant stand before losing a tough decision to WBO lightweight champion Michael Katisidis in a brutal battle in Las Vegas last Sunday, says Amonsot may still become a world champion someday.
A relieved Dr. Debra Nelson made the comment to youthful Michael Aldeguer, son of respected boxing patron Tony Aldeguer who is attending to Amonsot’s needs and spends hours at his bedside at the Valley Medical Center in Las Vegas.
In an overseas telephone conversation with Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today, Aldeguer said Dr. Nelson was initially "very worried" that the tiny blood clot discovered after a second CT Scan following what was regarded as the most exciting bout on the Bernard Hopkins-Winky Wrght "Coming to Fight" card at the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel & Casino, would rush to the brain. The doctor said it was a minor miracle that it did not.
Amonsot, according to Aldeguer, had a final CT Scan after an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) yesterday and was given a "clean bill of health by neuro specialist Dr. Nelson who has been the assigned specialist to Czar from the start." He said Dr. Nelson has given the approval to release Amonsot who will return to Manila on Saturday.
Dr. Nelson was quoted as saying "God is good. Everything turned out well, more than I expected. You can still be a world champion someday."
Aldeguer in an earlier overseas telephone conversation with Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today said the doctor recommended that Amonsot take a rest for three to six months and then "see what happens." Dr. Nelson conceded that she was "not a boxing person" but that after a few months they could check on Amonosot’s condition and decide on what they want to do and who knows she said "he may be a world champion someday."
However, indications are that the Nevada State Athletic Commission which is very strict in protecting fighters following the discovery of even traces of a blood clot is not likely to license the Filipino southpaw to fight again in Las Vegas.
NSAC executive director Keith Kizer earlier told Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today that Amonosot’s career as far as Nevada was concerned was probably over.
Aldeguer said the NSAC was "scared because it’s a very high profile city with all the big boxing events and they want to make sure they are in control."
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