He allegedly fought against a much stronger athlete Vasilis Topalos before collapsing in the gym toilet in Taurus. The 16-year-old European champion fainted during training on December 16 and 17 days later he breathed his last in the Janeo hospital.
According to protothema.gr, that day he had a sparring match against 25-year-old Georgian boxerwho has a lot of racing experience and is in a bigger category than the 16-year-old.
It is worth noting that the federal coach Arthur Michaelian he had given instructions to his athletes to stop intense activity in December, i.e. also the sparring matches. “I gave them a very relaxed schedule, which included maintaining their fitness with three times a week weights, running every Saturday and one bag technique day. Nothing more“, he reported to protothema.gr.
According to the forensic report, Vassilis Topalos succumbed to severe head injury.
The funeral service will take place today (Thursday 5/1) at 14:30 at the Holy Church of Agia Triados and his funeral will follow at the Schistos cemetery.
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