Boxer’s baby in fight for life

Former professional boxer Carl Froch has spoken about the traumatic birth of his daughter, revealing she had to fight for her life.

Froch, also known by his nickname “the Cobra”, and his fiancee Rachael Cordingley welcomed their daughter, Penelope, on September 11 this year, but she was diagnosed with a serious illness just hours after a traumatic birth.

He said her birth was complicated by shoulder dystocia, when the baby’s head emerges but one of the shoulders becomes stuck.

Aday later a nurse noticed Penelope had a temperature.

She was diagnosed with groupBstreptococcus infection, and suspected meningitis and spent thenext 10dayson antibiotics.