Afterwards he was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where it was discovered he had serious bleeding to the brain which led to his death on 30 September 2016.
[3][4] It was reported that Towell had stopped sparring a few weeks before the fatal fight due to suffering with crippling migraines.
[6] Many members of the Boxing community expressed their condolences on social media following Towell's death.
On 1 October 2016, Nathan Cleverly dedicated his WBA (Regular) light-heavyweight title fight win against Jürgen Brähmer to Towell.
[8] On 3 October 2016, Dale Evans told BBC Wales how he was "absolutely heartbroken" by the death of Towell as a result of their fight.