The likely cause of the air, according to Dahl and records of physicians who saw Lopez later at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, was a small tear in his esophagus. He would have instantly been down and unable to breathe and needing a chest tube." "If he was hit in the neck or the chest - a certain way, in a certain place - he could have developed a pneumothorax.
"The air was surrounding his chest wall and his heart and his neck - places where air is not supposed to be," said Dahl, who worked as a ringside physician for the New York State Athletic Commission. "I mean, really lucky." According to Lopez's medical records, the 24-year-old former undisputed champion was diagnosed with "pneumomediastinum" with "extensive air in the retropharyngeal space" by emergency room doctors during his postfight visit to Bellevue Hospital. Peter Constantino, executive director of the New York Head and Neck Institute, told ESPN. "That's how he fought." "He's lucky he's not dead," Dr. It's like somebody tied a 300-pound set of weights around his chest.
"How he breathed, I can't even explain to you. Linda Dahl, an otolaryngologist (ENT) with surgical privileges at three Manhattan hospitals, told ESPN. Teofimo Lopez was risking his life and should have been in a hospital - rather than a boxing ring - when he lost his four lightweight belts to George Kambosos last week at Madison Square Garden, according to a doctor who subsequently examined him and reviewed his medical records. Doctor says Teofimo Lopez is 'lucky he's not dead' after boxer found to have fought with air in chest
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