"The doctors don't give us hope," said Richard, who comes to the house daily to assist with his son's care. In recent interviews for SC Reportajes on ESPN Deportes and Outside the Lines on ESPN, Nieves and Richard Colon said they haven't given up on their son regaining some brain function in the years ahead, despite a bleak prognosis. He is not on a ventilator, but breathing is all he can do on his own.Ĭolon's mother, Nieves, cares for him in the Winter Park, Florida, home where she and her ex-husband, Richard, raised him. But 1½ years later, at age 24, Colon remains unaware and unresponsive. He was rushed by ambulance to the hospital, where emergency brain surgery evacuated a subdural hematoma and relieved pressure on his skull. William Weinbaum/ESPNĬolon had to be helped to the dressing room by his mother, then he vomited and collapsed. Prichard Colon's mother, Nieves, cares for him in the Winter Park, Florida, home where she and her ex-husband, Richard, raised him. The welterweight fight ended in Colon being disqualified after the ninth, when his cornermen undid his gloves, saying they thought the final round had just been completed.
PRICHARD COLOL PROFESSIONAL
Considered a rising star, he had a 16-0 professional record with 13 knockouts before the nationally televised Saturday afternoon match scheduled for 10 rounds against Williams, who entered 14-0.
Mary Broz Vaughan said Ashby was assigned by David Holland, executive director of Virginia's boxing program, to the Colon-Williams bout pursuant to state regulations.Ĭolon, who was born in Florida, left at 14 to pursue boxing in his parents' native Puerto Rico, where he went on to win five amateur titles. On Thursday, the spokesperson for the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation - which regulates boxing in the state, told Outside the Lines the DPOR selects ringside physicians and in 2014 entered into a contract with Ashby. Lou DiBella, CEO of DiBella Entertainment, said he had not seen the lawsuit and could not comment on it, but that "what happened to Prichard was a tragedy and we are deeply saddened by it." A message left for HeadBangers Promotions has not yet been returned. "As a matter of fact," he added, "there's a heightened cause for alarm because you know he's going to be hit in the head for the remainder of the fight."Ĭasper said the suit seeks an unspecified amount exceeding $50 million because "the cost of caring for a patient in Prichard's condition is astronomical, he requires around-the-clock care and his pain and suffering is unimaginable."Īn aide of Ashby's in his Washington, DC family medical practice told Outside the Lines Wednesday that Ashby has no comment. "When you hear dizziness and pain in the back of the head after trauma, you send the patient to the hospital," Ari Casper, the Colons' attorney, told Outside the Lines. The suit further asserts that co-promoters HeadBangers Boxing and DiBella Entertainment were negligent because they did not provide a physician with necessary qualifications, experience and competence. That is when Colon reportedly told Ashby he was dizzy and had pain in the back of his head after a Terrel Williams rabbit punch sent him to the canvas. Richard Ashby for failing to act when Colon indicated several times that the back of his head hurt and for not stopping the fight in the seventh round. The complaint, which was filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, alleges medical malpractice by Dr. 17, 2015, bout in Fairfax, Virginia, that left Colon in a persistent vegetative state. The parents of former boxer Prichard Colon filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking more than $50 million from the ringside doctor and promoters connected with the Oct.
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