A Mexican boxer has revealed she will never return to the ring after a brain injury she suffered during a fight in Glasgow. Alejandra Ayala was knocked out in the 10th round of her WBA and IBO super-welterweight title fight against Scotland’s Hannah Rankin at the OVO Hydro in May.
The boxer was treated at the scene before being transferred to Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, where she credits medical staff with saving her life.
Doctors put Alejandra, 33, from Tijuana, into a medically induced coma before carrying out multiple surgeries to save her life. After a miracle recovery, she’s now back home in Mexico undergoing therapy.
