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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.
“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.
‘Worst day’ as fears grow Chinese superstar boxer Zou Shiming might have lost sight in left eye during flight
Zou’s wife Ran Yingying revealed that the two-time Olympic champion’s condition was caused by broken bones in and around his eye socket, in a recurrence of a similar injury he suffered in 2014.
Mainland media revealed in December that Zou was owed millions of dollars by his previous management, a claim his agents promptly denied saying it always put its fighter’s welfare first.
Zou won gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and became the WBO flyweight champion in 2016 after turning professional.
Wife’s leaked messages claiming Zou Shiming was owed millions and forced to fight is denied by agents
He held the world title until July last year when he was sensationally beaten by Japan’s Sho Kimura, a massive underdog going into their fight.


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Sho Kimura throws a right hand against China’s Zou Shiming during their WBO flyweight title fight in Shanghai. Photo: Sho Kimura/Facebook

Chinese boxer Zou Shiming and wife Ran Yingying arrive in Shanghai to seek medical checkup for a suspected detached retina. Photos: Sina.com.cn

(FILES) This file picture taken on July 12, 2017 shows Chinese boxer Zou Shiming training in a gym in Shanghai. China's two-time Olympic boxing champion Zou Shiming on January 12, 2018 came out fighting from severe eye problems that look likely to end his career, declaring defiantly: "I'm still me." / AFP PHOTO / - / - China OUT

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Chinese Olympic hero has not fought since his upset loss to Japan’s Sho Kimura last July


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