Andy Souwer‘s first loss in over four years in the Shoot Boxing ring to new-comer Toby Imada may have come with good reason as he revealed post-fight that he carried a possibly severe back injury into Tuesday’s S-Cup semi-final bout.
Team Souwer’s personal physician is yet to perform a full diagnosis on the three-time S-Cup and two-time K-1 MAX champion but suspects that Souwer suffered a herniated disc in his quarter final KO victory over WMC Welterweight Champion Bovy Sor Audomsorn.
“(I had back pain) in the first round in the first fight. I didn’t know what exactly the problem was or what the reason was that I had the pain. I don’t want to make excuses but I think it was a big reason why I was not able to fight my own game (against Imada). I’m not saying that I lost because of an injury but I can tell you that I didn’t even warm up because of the pain,” Souwer revealed in a post fight interview.