BRAVE Yordenis Ugas revealed that he could not open his eyes for 40 HOURS following his loss to Eroll Spence Jr., his brutal welterweight fight.
After Ugas advised the referee, the Cuban was taken to Texas hospital.
Ugas posted a photo of his eye on Instagram shortly after the fight
Ugas, 35 years old, took to Instagram to update his 250,000 Instagram followers about his horrific injury.
A picture of the former WBA champion was posted shortly after the fight showing his severely swollen right side.
He said that his eye had been closed for almost TWO days following the bout and that he was experiencing "tears" of blood.
He stated, "Thanks to all who are sending their prayers. After nearly 40 hours of bleeding, my eye looked like it was covered in blood. But now it's open.
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"In the coming days, with God’s favor, when the swelling is at zero, we’ll go back to the doctor to determine the next steps.
"I believe I was in a fight up to the 7th.
"I fought three rounds more with my eye like that, I am an a warrior, a champion, and no matter the pain, or how hard Spence hit, I would never give up. Thank you all."
Ugas revealed that he had fractured his orbital bone shortly after the fight.
BETTING SPECIAL - GET FURY AT 30/1 OR WHYTE AT 100/1Ugas handed his WBA title to Spence after a brave defeat.
Spene called out Terence Crawford who holds the WBO title after the bell, and called for an undisputed bout.
