Shannon Taylor - OD - On Life support

come on Shannon!

 

TC it just goes to show how much of a despicable human being you are and your true colours have really shown, karma exists and you are in for some very rough seas ahead. Thoughts go to shannon and his family at this time , hoping for him to pull through

 

SHANNAN Taylor was the boxing tragedy come to life.
Taylor, 39, is on a life-support machine in Wollongong Hospital after an overdose on Sunday night.

Last night Taylor's condition was upgraded to critical but stable, forcing doctors to reassess the cut-off time for shutting down his life-support machine, originally intended for 8am today.

Given little chance earlier in the day, Taylor had last night improved so dramatically he was breathing on his own - albeit barely.

Late yesterday those close to him believed nothing short of a pocketful of miracles would save him, a prospect that brightened overnight.

Taylor was with two friends on Sunday when they bought what they believed was cocaine. In fact, it was heroin, and an ambulance was called when Taylor failed to wake.

WBF world middleweight champion Shannan Taylor is on life support after suffering what is believed to be a drug overdose. ..End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar.
Now he and another man are hospitalised while the third man, who vomited, survived.

Wollongong police initially sealed the home of an associate of Taylor as a crime scene but have since scaled back the investigation after declaring nothing suspicious.

Taylor is the reigning WBF middleweight champion which is, admittedly, a lightly regarded title and far from a full testament of his boxing talent.

Former triple world champion Jeff Fenech was one of the last people to speak to him after Taylor called him on Sunday night.

"He called me at 6.30 telling me that he was out having a good time. There was a couple of females in the background, they were girls he trained, and he put them on the phone and they told me what a great trainer he was," Fenech said.

"I was having dinner with my family so I told him I would call him tomorrow. I rang him first thing in the morning. There was no answer."

Fenech received a phone call several hours later telling him what had happened.

"It felt like somebody jumped on my heart," he said.

Taylor has been a professional fighter for 20 years but, through a combination of bad luck, poor management and missed opportunity - far too familiar themes in the boxing game - he failed to reach the heights he deserved.

"When I think of fighters who deserved anything in Australian boxing he was on top of the list by a million miles," Fenech said.

"He was one of our first-rate talents and it was all for the work he put in as a youngster and for the guys that he fought and beat."

Promoter Bill Mordey handled Taylor early in his career and tried to position him for a title shot against Kostya Tszyu, who by then had left Mordey.

Fenech then took over and in 2001 got Taylor a WBC title shot against Sugar Shane Mosley, where he failed to come out for the sixth round.

"When he had a chance it was against one of the greatest fighters of the modern era," Fenech said.

Taylor admitted to a cocaine habit later that year but since declared he was clean.

 

Shannan is more of a fighter than I am. In Feb 2007 I suffered a massive heart attack & was attached to everything & anything bar kitchen sink for 4 days and things didn't look good at all. I was discharged 14 days later & am obviously still around to talk about it.
I reckon he'll beat fight of his life

 

Hey lads , has there been any recent updates on this young man's condition ? ( been working in a weak signal area all day and was just wondering ) ? hope he pulls through this lads I've always enjoyed watching this kid fight during his career . Also a message to Shannons family & friends, you have support not only confined within Australian borders . Keep things tight . X

 

Nice words josey. Onya mate.

Atleast some positive news this morning, hopefully shannon continues to make progress.

 

Prayers from Ireland

 

Great to see the positive support come in from across the seas. Well done lads and fingers crossed the Bulli Blaster can pull through.

 

boxing needs some sort of support system, such as 'the men of league' program. too many of our champions fall on hard times, become alcos or drug addicted.

a sponsorship by a quality rehab centre would be a great start. if the owner/s of the rehab centre would put 1 'bed' aside for a boxer in a time of need, may go a long way to helping.

im sure there are other ways to develop some different options, if the national boxing authorities could get together. a bed at a rehab centre could be arranged as a sponsorship even at a state level. then, boxers would have at least professional counciling from highly skilled psycs, doctors, and a clean, healthy enviroment in which to recover.

there needs to be something for them when they get out. but the rehab bit wouldnt be too hard to arrange. especially NOW with media focus on someone like shannon, as it makes peopleaware, and remember, other fallen heros.

 

:thumbsupthe champs a fighter he'll pull through it.:good

 

Any updates yet?
Fingers crossed we get some good news soon.

 

Sounds a little more positive than first thought...
Taylor is as rough and tough as guts, if anyone can pull through something like this id be backing him, watch some of his earlier fights last night, such a talent beat some big names and had a killer left rip.

Lets hope he beast the 10 count on this one

 

I read some real nice tweets for shannon last night from oscar and jimmy lennon jnr.

 

Got a link or the jist of what was said mate?

 

I dont know how to link tweets but i'l retype them. Give us a sec...