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Former boxing champ Adonis Stevenson begins to walk, talk after KO loss and medically induced coma

Adonis Stevenson’s health has continued to improve following a knockout loss in December.

Stevenson lost his WBC light heavyweight title in an 11th-round defeat to Oleksandr Gvozdyk, which took place in Quebec. After the fight, the former world boxing champion lost consciousness and went to the hospital, where he was placed into a medically induced coma. He woke up from it about three weeks later.

His girlfriend Simone God released a statement on Stevenson’s website Saturday morning with a health update. She said Stevenson has taken a few steps and is working towards walking by himself, and that he can now talk, too.