INQUIRER Sports

CEBU CITY ? Z ?The Dream? Gorres is recovering fast but he?s out of the ring for good.

?Z has a good chance to live a functional life, not necessarily yet a normal life for now because he may need to rehabilitate his left side which may need time,? ALA Promotions president Michael Aldeguer said in an e-mail sent Thursday.

Michael added Gorres might be off the ventilator in the next 48 hours.

?According to Dr. (Michael) Casey, the progress of Z is remarkable and is normally seen in two weeks but because Z is young and in great health he responded well in only five days,? Aldeguer said.

Dr. Casey is the attending trauma surgeon of Gorres, who collapsed after winning a 10-round fight Saturday and needed surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain.

But Michael?s father Antonio ?Tony? Aldeguer, chair of ALA Promotions, said that ?fighting is out of the question.?

The elder Aldeguer said no boxing commission would give Gorres a license to fight considering what he went through.

Gorres? wife Datches said she felt happy that the health condition of her husband has improved considerably.

Datches will join her husband in the US as soon as she gets her visa.