Former world champion boxer, 58, rushed to hospital after he is ‘run over' in bicycle crash
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FORMER boxing world champion Sven Ottke has been rushed to hospital after being involved in a traffic collision.
The 58-year-old, an unbeaten unified world champion at super-middleweight, was involved in an accident while in Mallorca, according to Bild.
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Former world boxing champ Sven Ottke has been rushed to hospital
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Ottke was a unified world champion at super-middleweight with 21 title defences
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The report states the German fighter was involved in a collision with a female driver while riding his bicycle.
He is said to have suffered a double tibia fracture and a shoulder injury.
Ottke then underwent surgery on his shin on Tuesday.
Screws reportedly had to be placed in his leg.
However, his shoulder injury is less severe and can be healed without surgery.
Ottke owns an apartment on the sunny Spanish island.
He is known to be an avid golfer and to go on regular bike tours to help him keep fit.
Only last week, Ottke was with former coach Ulli Wegner in a holiday club in Mallorca.
Wegner, 83, provided an update to Bild on his circumstances.
He said: "Sven Ottke is doing well under the circumstances.
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"I will visit him in the clinic on Wednesday.
"He was simply run over."
Ottke was an active boxer between 1997 and 2004.
He had 21 successful title defences against 20 different boxers - a join record in the division before retiring undefeated as a professional.
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