BOXER Mikaela Lauren was left utterly unrecognisable after struggling horrific swelling in her final combat.

The Swedish slugger took a beating by the hands of WBC welterweight champion Michaela Kotaskova late final month.

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Czech clubber Kotaskova battered the 48-year-old for ten straight rounds to retain her belt in a lopsided determination victory.

Lauren left the ring battered and bruised and a shell of herself.

And the shiners the Swedish slugger was sporting as she left the ring almost closed within the hours after the one-sided beatdown.

Lauren shared a sequence of post-fight snaps and movies of herself together with her 80,000 Instagram followers.

She revealed the severity of her accidents in one of many movies by taking off her glasses and laughing on the reality her eyes have been swollen shut.

The swelling was the results of a crack in Lauren’s cranium, which she claims she suffered on account of a number of unintentional head clashes.

She wrote in her accompanying caption: “It has been a bit quiet on my half as I’ve wanted a while to heal myself and replicate on every thing.

“First I need to congratulate @michaela.kotaskova and @boxteambounce and thanks for the prospect.

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“You win some – you lose some and, sadly, it did not go all the best way this time.

“Though I did not get my boxing to 100%, I nonetheless confirmed that I belong on the prime.

“I am extremely proud that I fought so laborious in all 10 rounds regardless of all of the unintentional “scalding” (head collisions) that brought about me to crack my head first after which have a HUGE swelling on my brow and eyebrows that interfered and obscured my imaginative and prescient.

“The evening after the sport, the hematoma (swelling/blood assortment) from the “scaldings” within the brow descended over the eyes and have become so swollen that my eyes have been utterly blocked.

“It made it in order that I couldn’t open my eyes and see. Needed to be escorted round like a blind particular person.”

Lauren nearly wasn’t allowed to fly again house on account of fears over her accidents.

She continued: “After we stopped over in Zurich, I used to be not allowed to fly on and not using a medical certificates (competitors medical doctors had already checked out me however left no certificates).

“Me and my head coach Alex then needed to keep and go into the hospital and do an X-ray which happily confirmed that every thing seemed good.

“Had no headache and no nausea so I wasn’t actually anxious, however in fact good to test every thing and take the protected for the unsafe.

“All planes house have been then totally booked, so we needed to make one other layover earlier than we lastly landed at Arlanda 22 hours after departure from the resort.

“Fortunately now the swelling has subsided a bit and I can correctly open my eyes once more, however I can say that I’ve been extra stunning in my days

“Nevertheless, it seems worse than it’s, and now I simply must relaxation and spend time with household.”