IBF/IBO flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan (27-0, 21 KOs) scored a twelfth round TKO over former world champion Victor Burgos © fightwireimages.com

Mexican boxer Victor Burgos was whisked from the ring to a hospital on Saturday where he underwent immediate surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain and to reduce swelling after participating in an International Boxing Federation flyweight championship against Vic Darchinyan at Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Burgos survived the operation at Los Angeles County Harbor-U.C.L.A. Medical Center in nearby Torrance, Calif., but is still in a medically induced coma, a common technique used after head trauma to help reduce harmful brain swelling. His doctors have also reported Sunday that Burgos has already shown certain signs of movement in the intensive care unit that can only be described as positive. Physicians also said that Burgos's rapid arrival was critical, giving them the best opportunity to help the boxer from the head injury he sustained. Burgos has been joined at the hospital by his wife, Claudia, his manager, Roberto Sandoval, and several family members and friends. "I urge everyone to join me in prayer for Victor Burgos and his family," Burgos' promoter Don King said. "I know he's fighting right now to come through this because a brave fighter is what he has always been. Now we need God's help to see him back to health."