Pray for Leavander Johnson...

From ESPN.com:

LAS VEGAS - Former IBF lightweight champion Leavander Johnson was in critical condition Saturday night after collapsing following a loss to Jesus Chavez at MGM Grand.

Johnson was hit hard throughout the title fight, which mercifully was stopped 38 seconds into the 11th round by referee Tony Weeks. Chavez opened the 11th by landing a steady stream of blows - all to the head - that kept a dazed Johnson pinned to the ropes.

The 35-year-old Johnson collapsed later in his dressing room and was rushed to University Medical Center, where he underwent surgery for bleeding on the brain.

"Mr. Johnson suffered an event after the fight and doctors and paramedics went to the dressing room immediately," said Dr. Tony Alamo of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. "One of our doctors, Dr. Albert Capanna, neurosurgeon, accompanied Mr. Johnson by ambulance to UMC Trauma Center. He was diagnosed with a subdural hematoma and underwent surgery."

Alamo backed Weeks' decision to stop the fight when he did.

"We feel that referee Tony Weeks did a great job and we support his stoppage at the time," Alamo said.

Johnson won his title in June with a seventh-round TKO of Stefano Zoff in Italy. He was making his first defense of the crown and fighting in Las Vegas for the first time since 1996.

...and Jesus Chavez.