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The 27-year-old Long Island native had been in a coma after he was knocked out by Charles Conwell, a 2016 Olympian.

Neil Wigdor

Four days after being knocked unconscious in a super Welterweight title fight, Patrick day, a former new York Golden gloves champion and long island native, died Wednesday.

Day, 27, has been in a coma since Saturday night when he fell to the canvas and hit his head after his opponent, Charles Conwell, a 2016 Olympian, landed several punches in the 10th and final round of their U. S. B. A. fight in Chicago.

“It becomes very difficult to explain or justify the dangers of Boxing at a time like this,” DiBella wrote on his website on Wednesday. “This is not a time when relevant statements or statements or answers are readily available. However, it is time for a call to action.”

“While we don’t have the answers,” he continued, “we certainly know many of the questions, have the means to answer them, and have the ability to answer responsibly and appropriately and make Boxing safer for everyone involved. It’s a way we can honor Pat day’s legacy .”

On Monday, Conwell posted an open letter of the Day on Instagram, saying he never meant to hurt him and was considering quitting Boxing.

Day, who was knocked down three times during a fight at Wintrust Arena, is at least the third professional boxer to die this year after suffering a brain injury in the ring.

In July, 28-year-old Russian Maxim Dadashev died four days after a Welterweight fight in Maryland. Two days later, Hugo Alfredo Santillon, a 23-year-old Argentine, died after collapsing at the end of a light fight near Buenos Aires.

Their deaths have raised questions among Boxing regulators about the well-being of fighters who often become dehydrated so they can make weight. Medical experts say dehydration can damage vital organs and leave the brain less protected from injury.

The international Boxing Federation / United States Boxing Association, which is based in Springfield, new Jersey, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.

Conwell, who is 11-0 with eight knockouts, said in an Instagram post that he was overwhelmed with guilt.

“I never wanted this to happen to you,” Conwell wrote. “All I ever wanted to do was win. If I could take it all back I would-no one deserves this to happen to them. I replay the fight over and over in my head, thinking what if it never happened and why it happened to you.”

Conwell continued ,” I was thinking about quitting Boxing, but I know that’s not what you would want.”

Day was born on August 9, 1992, and grew up in Freeport, N.Y., according to his profile on Dibell’s website. His Boxing record was 17-4-1 with six knockouts, and he was an Olympic alternate in 2012. In 2017, he won the Continental American championship, which he followed up with the I. B. F. Intercontinental championship in 2019, his biography said.

He was the youngest of four sons born to Haitian immigrants and began training on the Everlast punching bag in the garage of a neighbor, Joe Higgins, a retired new York city firefighter who lost his brother, Timothy, in the September 11 terrorist attack on the world trade Center, according to an ESPN Profile of the day.

Day was Higgins ‘ star student at Freeport, or the Police athletic League.

Neil Wigdor is the latest news reporter on the Express Desk. He previously covered Connecticut politics in the Hartford Courant. @gettinviggy and Facebook

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