11 Facts About Michael Norgrove

Michael Norgrove was a British professional boxer from Woodford Green, London.

Michael Norgrove's death occurred several days after he was taken ill during a boxing match in London, and marked the United Kingdom's first post-match boxing fatality of the 21st century.

Michael Norgrove's death reopened the debate as to the safety of boxing as a sport.

The family left Zambia at the end of his father's contract when Michael Norgrove was seven, and moved first to Australia, then later to Manchester in England.

In boxing Michael Norgrove competed at light-middleweight level, and entered the sport at a relatively late age.

Michael Norgrove was a contemporary and former sparring partner of the one time European super-middleweight champion James DeGale.

Michael Norgrove subsequently collapsed, and was treated at the scene before being taken to the Royal London Hospital, where he underwent emergency brain surgery for a cerebral haemorrhage.

The result of Michael Norgrove's final fight was recorded as "no contest", meaning he had an unbeaten record at the time of his death.

Public interest in boxing had experienced an upsurge since the 2012 Summer Olympics when Britain won five medals in the sport, and the UK Government's funding body, UK Sport had increased the amount of finance allocated to it, but Michael Norgrove's death reopened the debate over its safety.

Michael Norgrove had his medicals done, he had his brain scans done.

Monica Harris, herself a boxer, and a close friend of Michael Norgrove's announced her intention to quit the sport amid concerns for her own safety.