British middleweight Nick Blackwell woke from an induced coma on Saturday and a day later was talking with family and close friends at his bedside, promoter Hennessy Boxing announced on Monday.
Blackwell, who was making his third British title defence, collapsed following a 10th-round stoppage defeat to Chris Eubank Jr on March 26 at The SSE Arena, in London.
Blackwell suffered a small bleed on the skull but did not require surgery. Doctors placed the 25-year-old in a medically induced coma to…