Former British middleweight champion Nick Blackwell is in hospital for treatment after he was taken ill after reportedly being involved in a sparring session this week.A Daily Telegraph report said Blackwell had undergone a surgical procedure following the session this week.British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) general secretary Robert Smith told the Telegraph: We are investigating this matter and it will be fully looked into, but it is very early days.We dont know exactly what the procedure was yet. We have spoken to a number of people about this and we will be putting the full facts together.Smith added: What we understand is that Nick Blackwell sparred, he was taken ill and taken to hospital where he is in a stable condition.Blackwell had retired from competitive boxing earlier this year after recovering from being put into an induced coma following Marchs fight against Chris Eubank Jnr, where he collapsed shortly after being stopped.The 26-year-old from Trowbridge was found to have suffered a bleed on the skull following that fight, but woke without requiring an operation and made encouraging progress since.Although Blackwell had his boxers licence removed by the BBBofC following his ordeal, he retained a trainers licence.He no longer has a boxers licence, but he does have a trainers licence, which is a completely different thing. He should not have been boxing.Im sickened by it. Its a very tough sport and the doctors here did a wonderful job to save his life. The doctors at hospital saved his life and kept him going.He made remarkable recovery and for somebody to go and do what hes done, for what I thought was a very sensible young man, is just beyond belief.In April, Blackwell revealed on Twitter he was resigned to retirement, because he could not put his friends and family through that again.Blackwell won the vacant British title by stopping the promising John Ryder in 2015, and twice successfully defended it before defeat by Eubank Jnr.Smith was at Wembley Arena on Saturday night, where Irishwoman Katie Taylor delivered an impressive victory over Polands Karina Kopinska inside three rounds of her professional debut.Darin Erstad Jersey . The injury bothered Bledsoe in the Suns victory over the Clippers on Monday and he sat out the teams home loss to Memphis on Thursday night. Matt Harvey Jersey . Vettel was 0.168 seconds faster than Red Bull teammate Mark Webber around the Suzuka circuit. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was two tenths of a second off Vettel. "The car balance is decent, but I think we can still improve," Vettel said. http://www.baseballangelslockroom.com/kole-calhoun-angels-jersey/ . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July. Cody Allen Angels Jersey . -- Charlie Graham stopped 67 shots as the Belleville Bulls edged the visiting Guelph Storm 6-5 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. Matt Harvey Angels Jersey . -- Stanford squashed Oregons national championship hopes again, schooling the Ducks in power football.NEW YORK -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbars next book will be a fond look back at his long friendship with John Wooden, the celebrated basketball coach at UCLA.Coach Wooden and Me will be published next June and will combine personal memories and lessons learned from his friend and mentor, Grand Central Publishing told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Wooden, who died in 2010, coached 10 NCAA championship teams at UCLA. Three titles were won while Abdul-Jabbar, then called Lew Alccindor, was the Bruins star center.ddddddddddddbdul-Jabbar, who went on to become the NBAs all-time leading scorer, remained close to Wooden. In a statement released through Grand Central, he called Wooden a great coach and an even better teacher and friend. Abdul-Jabbars other books include the memoir Giant Steps and the novel Mycroft Holmes. ' ' '
