Boxer Raven Chapman believes the fast actions of trainer Stuart Scott may have saved her life when she suffered a bleed on the brain over the summer.
The 32-year-old was airlifted to hospital and placed in a medically induced coma following a sparring session in Denmark on 24 July.
Chapman had collapsed after training and was taken to hospital after Scott called for an ambulance, to be later diagnosed with a brain haematoma and cerebral oedema.
“I remember the final spar where it happened, It was the third spar of the week and I felt fine going in there,” she told BBC South Today.
“It was just a sort of freak injury that I never thought it would happen to me, we (herself and Scott) have done hundreds of sparring rounds together and my fights.
“He knows the kind of things that I say and I wasn’t acting myself from what he said, that’s when he called an ambulance before anything even happened.
“I sat down and then it all sort of happened after that, luckily with where I was at the time, I think in under an hour from when the ambulance was called I was then into surgery.”
After reaching hospital, the procedure Chapman underwent successfully stemmed the bleeding in her brain and helped to stabilise the swelling.
A fundraiser was then launched online for people to contribute towards getting her back to the UK and her long-term recovery.
A total of £97,792 was donated after the page was shared widely among the boxing community on social media.
Chapman’s promoters Queensberry, Matchroom Boxing’s Eddie Hearn and Most Valuable Promotions’ Nakisa Bidarian were among the leading donors.
“All the support that I got was just amazing,” Chapman added.
“That’s why, with all the fundraising money, I’m going to use that to make sure I’m getting everything so that I get better as that’s why people donated.
“It brings a tear to your eye when you see it and how much people are there for you in the community, it’s a special world, the boxing world.”