Chinese boxing star Zou Shiming has vowed to fight on in spite of a serious eye condition which threatened to curtail his fighting career.
Zou was revealed to be suffering from a serious eye condition after losing partial sight in his left eye during a flight from Beijing to Shanghai following the Laureus China Top Ten Sports Awards.
The former WBO flyweight world champion was told by doctors that he risked permanent sight loss if he returned to the ring after the December incident.
Zou is tended to by wife Ran Yingying on the flight to Shanghai. Photo: sina.com.cn
“I’m cooperating with doctors to get treatment, and I will never give up. If my body allows it, I think I can fight in the ring,” Xinhua quoted Zou as saying before adding that he had not decided to retire.
Zou, 36, has been undergoing treatment since the end of last year when the Zunyi-born fighter suddenly lost sight in his eye during the short-haul flight.
Doctors said he was suffering from a detached retina as well as optic nerve damage.