Anthony Yigit's Eye Is Still Badly Swollen, Posts Statement Regarding Injury

Anthony Yigit's eye is still a grotesque mess.

The Swedish fighter suffered his first professional defeat on Saturday night, losing to Ivan Baranchyk.

Baranchyk not only inflicted Yigit with his first loss but also badly damaged his eye.

The hard hitting Belarussian repeatedly tagged Yigit, eventually forcing the stoppage to be crowned the IBF light-welterweight world champion.

The doctor called a halt to proceedings at the end of round 7.

Yigit's eye was extremely swollen after the bout, and it looks even worse a few days removed from his world title contest.

Image: Anthony Yigit/Instagram

He also reacted to those pictures circulating the internet.

"Don't know what to think about this picture being the reason I'm famous on the internets but thank you all for commenting Quasimodo pictures," he wrote on Twitter.

Yigit added: "Nothing is damaged around or in the eye. It's just grotesquely swollen. Also, doctor stopping the fight did his job and he did it well."

And, on Monday, he released a statement through Instagram.

"Well, that didn't go as planned. The gameplan was to be competitive in the first couple rounds but keep the distance and then take over in the latter rounds.

"I got drawn in to unnecessary fights with him and that's where he wanted me. I was down 2 rounds with two of the judges scorecards and one judge had it even, coming in to the 8th round. With 5 more rounds to go I was quite certain I could've flipped it.

"The eye is ok (looks worse than it is), got a couple of stitches above the eyebrow from a cut, drained blood from my ear and also got a small fracture in my jaw in the 5th round.

"A tough Saturday night, in other words. I just want to say thank you to everyone who's been supporting me and cheering for me. I hope you enjoyed my fight even though it didn't go my way but I will come back stronger."

"I just want to say thank you to everyone who's been supporting me and cheering for me. I hope you enjoyed my fight even though it didn't go my way but I will come back stronger. Love you all!"

Here's hoping the eye injury won't keep him out of the ring for too long.

Topics: Boxing News, Boxing

Nasir Jabbar

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