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Jennifer Hyland

Boxer Hannah Rankin praises fighting spirit of opponent who nearly died in Glasgow fight

Boxer Hannah Rankin has praised the fighting spirit of her opponent who nearly died following a head injury during their fight in Glasgow.

World super-welterweight champion Rankin won by technical knockout in the 10th round when she took on Alejandra Ayala for her World Boxing Association (WBA) and the International Boxing Organization (IBO) super-welterweight title fight at the OVO Hydro in May.

Alejandra, 33, from Tijuana in Mexico, was treated in the ring before being transferred to Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, where doctors were forced to put her into a medically induced coma.

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