By way of a last-second changeup, Dhafir Harris, aka Dada 5000, went into last night’s fight against Kevin Ferguson, aka Kimbo Slice, as a slight favorite. Harris, a 38-year-old power-puncher born in the Bahamas had a few years of youth on Ferguson, 42, but that wasn’t enough to keep Ferguson from defying the odds, knocking Harris out in the third round.
But it was less of a knock-out than a full-on collapse. According to reports, Harris was taken out of the ring on a stretcher after his heart stopped, and was later treated for severe dehydration and renal failure.
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Bleacher Report’s Jeremy Botter tweeted out the following statement from Harris’s family:
Harris’s family claim that doctors told them that his potassium levels jumped high enough to endanger him, due to the fact that he lost 40 pounds in such a short amount of time. But after a scary evening, Harris’s family report that he is currently in stable condition.
[h/t Deadspin]
