A fundraising campaign has been launched to assist a Scottish boxer with his recovery after he suffered a potentially fatal head injury.

Daniel Flaherty had a seizure after a bout on October 25. The 75kg boxer had suffered from a bleed to the brain.

He was among 80 other fighters who were making a bid to become the Scottish Novice champion. 

But sadly for Daniel he was rushed to hospital after the fight where he underwent life-saving surgery.

Boxing Scotland chairman Richard Thomas said in a post on Facebook: "Daniel would have been one of the fittest boxers boxing in the finals. Having boxed before a few years ago, and taken a break from the sport, Daniel had trained solidly for 12 weeks and was well prepared.

"After an extremely close competitive bout in his 75kg final, Daniel lost on a computer selected split decision.

"Some 10 minutes after the bout Daniel took a seizure and his coach immediately got the doctors to provide Daniel assistance."

The sporting body is now raising £25,000 to assist the boxer's recovery. 

He said: "After coming through this, Daniel had to undergo further emergency surgery two nights later to relieve pressure on his brain. He also had a significant piece of his skull removed during this second operation.

"The last two weeks have been a very challenging period for Daniel and his family. At a number of points over the first week his condition was critical and the outcome unknown.

"Currently Daniel is making some positive steps to recovery albeit his recovery will be slow and the extent of his recovery is as yet unknown.

"As I am sure all of you can imagine, this has had a catastrophic effect on Daniel and his family."

He added: "As chairman, I have given a personal undertaking, on behalf of theBoxing Scotland family, to provide as much care and support as we can.

"The whole Scottish Boxing family needs to rally together at this time to support Daniel and his family."

Over £3,000 has been raised for the fund so far and you can support Daniel by clicking to donate here