Zak Miller Leaves Hospital After Head Injury in British Title Fight

Zak Miller is out of hospital. That is the update that matters after the swelling that ended his vacant British featherweight title fight with Gully Powar on Nov. 7 at Manchester's AO Arena, on the undercard of the Buatsi-Hutchinson rematch.

The Ring reported on Nov. 10 that Miller has left hospital and is recovering well. talkSPORT also reported that he had been discharged.

Manager Kevin Maree, in a statement carried by The Ring and The Sun, said an accidental clash of heads caused significant swelling, that Miller was assessed at the venue and taken to hospital for further checks, kept in for observation and fully assessed. "Thankfully, the medical team are happy with how he is doing," Maree said. No return date or medical clearance to box has been announced.

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The bout was stopped in the 10th round and went to the cards because the injury came from an accidental foul. Powar won a unanimous technical decision, 96-95, 97-95 and 96-94, for the vacant British title, as we reported on the night. Those cards were first reported by talkSPORT.

Accounts differ on when the heads met. The Ring places the clash in round six; talkSPORT says a severe lump was visible at the end of the seventh. What both describe is a ringside doctor examining Miller in the ninth and allowing him to continue, and the fight being stopped in the tenth. The Ring says a second lump had formed on the right side of his head in the 10th; talkSPORT describes a second lump appearing before the ninth-round examination.

Miller is 17-2 (3 KOs) and Powar is 14-1-1 (1 KO), according to The Ring and Queensberry's official fighter profiles.

In his Queensberry column, Frank Warren wrote that he "would have preferred the fight be stopped straight away." That is the promoter's view, not a finding about the officials.

Kimster's take: the welcome news is that Miller is home. A discharge is not a return date. He should be given whatever time the doctors give him.