Mike Towell dead: Boxer allegedly asked for brain scan THREE times after getting headaches so severe he thought head would explode
Tragic partner Chloe Ross says fighter's head pains were completely debilitating and has made an official complaint to the NHS
TRAGIC Mike Towell thought his head was "going to explode" after crippling migraines - but was given painkillers by a GP, according to his partner.
The 25-year-old fighter passed away after collapsing at a fight in a Glasgow ring in September.
Towell died 24 hours after being rushed to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital following a bruising bout with Dale Evans.
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He was given oxygen and carried away on a stretcher after being knocked to the canvas in the fifth round at the Radisson Blu hotel.
But his partner Chloe Ross has made a complaint to the NHS after claiming that he went to hospital with crippling migraines less than three weeks before his tragic death.
'Iron' Mike then went into his fight with Evans on September 29 and then died 24 hours later in hospital after suffering bleeding to the brain.
Ross, mother to Towell's son Rocco, said: "Michael pulled out of his sparring session because the headaches were so bad.
"Straight away, his coaches said, 'you're not fighting - you need to get this seen.'
"He was taken straight to Dundee, to Ninewells A&E, but they said it wasn't an emergency. But if you put 'boxing' and 'headaches' in the same sentence, surely that should be enough.
"Michael said 'you need to scan me - I know that it's not right' - but he was given Co-codamol and sent on his way."
As The Sun reported earlier this month, Towell's coaches had spotted there was a problem when he was sparring.
Promoter Alex Morrison said: "He was sparring in our gym...he looked all right. He stopped sparring because of the headache."
Towell's death certificate, released by a registrar in Dundee showed that his untimely death was caused by a "head injury" but there was no more detail at the time.