I saw this guy fight a few years ago while on holiday in the States, which is why I picked up on this story. He looked very impessive and was going places. I hope this doesn't set him back too much and he recovers 100%
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Undefeated junior welteweight prospect Vernon Paris (18-0, 12KOs) was badly stabbed by an attacker last Saturday. The Detroit Free Press says the fighter was stabbed in the back during an altercation with a man and woman who live above him and his pregnant girlfriend. Paris is no stranger to violence, two years ago he was shot three times by a group of men who tried to kidnap him.
Paris was taken to Henry Ford Hospital, where he underwent several hours of surgery. The altercation began after Paris asked the woman to stop making noise. Moments later, the man and woman would knock on Paris' door and begin attacking him. He knocked the man out and the woman ran up behind him, as the man got up and held him, and began to stab him with an eight-inch blade, causing one major wound and numerous minor cuts. The two attackers then fled and remain at large.
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