Boxer reflects on ‘scariest two weeks of my life’ after being hospitalised following Windsor Park fight

Dylan Moran was stopped by Tyrone McKenna on the Lewis Crocker v Paddy Donovan card

Dylan Moran has opened up about the ‘scariest’ fortnight of his life, following his hospitalisation after his fight with Tyrone McKenna.

The Waterford southpaw was defeated by McKenna for the second time in nine months at the Lewis Crocker v Paddy Donovan event earlier this month, with ‘The Mighty Celt’ ending the bout in the seventh round.

Moran announced his retirement from boxing shortly after the fight and has now shared details of the ‘crazy’ few weeks he’s experienced since the Windsor Park showdown, reports the Irish Mirror.

In a video posted on his Instagram account, the 30-year-old revealed: “I finished the fight with Tyrone and I got brought to the Royal Victoria Hospital, CT scan there. I had a pain in my head like never before where I was told I had a non-active bleed on my brain.

“They discharged me after a day and then on the way from the Royal Vic Belfast to Dublin, I couldn’t stop getting sick in the car, it was crazy. So straight into Beaumont Hospital where I got more CT scans. Beaumont then came back and said there’s a spatial cavity or a fluid cavity, I’m not sure what they call it, opening your brain, it should be closed since you’re a child and our advice is do not box again.

“I had already made the decision that I would not fight again. The last two weeks have been the scariest two weeks of my life and amongst all of that my legs decided to not work so it’s been a crazy, crazy few days since the fight.

“I’ve been bed bound, I’m making this because today is my first time out of the bed, back on my old running route, extremely grateful, so happy to be on it, walked some, done a little bit of running, not much but I will never take being healthy for granted again.

“I’m a happy man to be doing this this morning and I get a second chance of being healthy and I’ll be forever grateful for that.”

Moran concludes his career with a professional record of 19 victories and four losses, with McKenna among those sending him well wishes.

The West Belfast chap penned: “Legend Dylan.”

IBO super-featherweight world champion Anthony Cacace also expressed his regards, writing: “Wishing you all the best mate good luck.”

Meanwhile, ex-boxer Tommy McCarthy remarked: “All the best champ.”