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James Oyebola, 47, was shot at close range in a London nightclub in the early hours of Monday morning.

His solicitor, Scott Ewing, said he was being kept alive so family members could pay their last respects.

But just before midday on Friday consultants will legally declare him dead and switch off his life support machine, he added.

The 6ft 9ins former British heavyweight champion was shot in the head and leg in a covered courtyard area at the rear of Chateau 6 in Fulham Road, west London.

Four shots were fired but no weapon has been found.

Mr Oyebola, known as Big Bad during his fighting career, arrived at Chateau 6 at about 11pm on Sunday for a drink with the owner after finishing work at a nearby bar.

He was shot shortly before 1am after intervening to help staff who had asked three men to stub out their cigarettes.

It was 23 days after smoking was banned in pubs, clubs and restaurants in England. His attackers, described as black and aged between 19 and 25, fled the club on foot - apparently in separate directions.

Mr Oyebola, born in Nigeria, won 18 of his 23 fights, and was a bronze medallist at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. After winning the WBC international heavyweight title in 1993, he retired in 1996.