Boxer David Whittom, who has been in an artificial coma since May 2017, has died at the age of 39. "With a broken heart in a million pieces, I announce to you my friends that my David Whittom has joined the angels and my mother this afternoon," said his partner, Jelena Zerdoner in French. It's a shockEric Martel-Bahoeli said he didn't want to lose his friend, David Whittom because of boxing. The boxer is getting ready for a fight on April 7, and says if he wins there, he's going to dedicate that win to Whittom. Last fightDavid Whittom, on the left in this picture, suffered a traumatic brain injury in a fight in Fredericton on May 27, 2017.

Source: CBC News March 17, 2018 14:54 UTC