BOXER Mike Towell who died after a fight told a doctor he was “feeling great and ready to box” in the weeks before his death, a fatal accident inquiry heard.

Dr Scott Henderson, who’s on the list of approved doctors by the British Boxing Board of Control, saw Mike around September 6, 2016 for stomach and neck pain.

The doctor - who carried out Mike’s annual boxing medical in February 2016 - examined the boxer at the 1314 gym in Stirling, and advised him to see his GP.

He said Mike was “actively training” and had told him he only had one episode of pain in his stomach and the pain in his neck was mild.

Dr Henderson said he phoned Mike the following week and learned he had seen his GP, was “feeling great” and claimed he had had an ultrasound but didn’t tell him he had been at A&E.

The doctor gave evidence at the probe into the 25-year-old fighter’s death at Glasgow Sheriff Court yesterday.

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Mike, from Dundee, died of a bleed on the brain the day after he lost a bout in the fifth round to Welsh fighter Dale Evans on September 29, 2016 in Glasgow.

He was given medical treatment in the ring before being taken to hospital but died 24 hours.

Dr Henderson said Mike complained of a pain and he should be checked out by his own GP.

Dr Henderson said he phoned Mike “about a week later”. He said “Mike advised he attended his GP and had bloods and an ultrasound.”

He said he suspected there was no ultrasound because it would be too quick.

Asked what he said, Dr Henderson replied: “He told me he had no ongoing symptoms, the abdominal pain hadn’t returned.

“He was feeling great and ready to box.”

The inquiry before Sheriff Principal Craig Turnbull continues.