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Isis Sio is starting from what she calls “ground zero” in Las Vegas as she searches for the direction her boxing life will take just months after a frightening knockout left her in a medically induced coma. The 19-year-old has relocated from North Dakota to Las Vegas with her mother and is already training, visiting different gyms and meeting new people as she considers what comes next. Sio is not calling it a comeback. She remains undecided about where her obvious passion for the sport will ultimately take her after everything she has been through. “I actually just got to Vegas Sunday, so everything is still really new right now,” Sio told World Boxing News exclusively. “My mom came out here with me and my dad is still in North Dakota because of work, but he’ll be coming back and forth a lot.” After swapping North Dakota for Nevada in August, there has at least been one immediate adjustment. “And I definitely won’t miss the North Dakota weather, although after a few days here I’m already wondering if someone can please turn the thermostat down in Vegas lol,” she said. “I think I went from one extreme straight to the other.” Starting From Ground Zero Boxing remains central to what Sio is doing in Nevada, with the teenager already spending time at the world-famous Mayweather Boxing Club. Sio has spent years traveling to Las Vegas to train before returning home. This time, she has moved there without committing herself to a particular gym or announcing exactly where the path will lead. “As far as boxing goes, I’m just taking it as it comes right now,” Sio explained. “I’m training, checking out different gyms, meeting people and seeing where everything takes me. I don’t feel like I need to have every detail figured out already. “I’m starting at ground zero, but I’m not starting from nothing. Everything I’ve been through and everything I’ve learned came with me.” That distinction is important after what Sio has endured in 2026. She was hospitalized following a first-round knockout against Jocelyn Camarillo in California and placed into a medically induced coma to protect against brain trauma. Sio later told WBN about waking from the coma to find her family in tears around her hospital bed. By May, she was running again and had resumed mitt and bag work without sparring while awaiting further medical testing. Sio had not ruled out eventually fighting again, but made clear that every medical precaution needed to be taken before any decision could be made. That position has not suddenly changed because she is training in Las Vegas. There will understandably be those who believe Sio should never box again after what she went through, and perhaps she never will. “I’ve got some things I’m working on and some plans for the future, but I’ve also learned I don’t have to tell everybody everything before it happens lol,” Sio said. “They’ll know when it’s time. “I’ve spent years coming to Vegas to train and then going back home. This time I’m actually here, and I’m excited to see what I can build.” Finding Her Path in Las Vegas Las Vegas does not necessarily represent the beginning of a boxing comeback. It represents the beginning of whatever comes next. Sio does not yet know where that journey will lead, with the difficult experiences of the past several months following her into a new environment. “North Dakota taught me a lot of lessons, and some of them were really hard ones,” she told WBN. “But I wouldn’t change that because every single one of them molded me into the person I am now. “Some things taught me what I want, some taught me what I don’t want, and some just taught me that I’m a lot stronger than I thought I was. I learned the lessons, I just don’t plan on taking the same class twice lol.” Sio spoke to WBN earlier this year about discovering who remained alongside her when circumstances became difficult. Her latest comments again underline the importance she now places on the people around her. “I have some really great people in my life right now too, and I’m extremely thankful for them,” Sio said. “I think as you get older and go through things, you start realizing how much the people you surround yourself with actually matter. “I’m really happy with the people I have around me right now.” For someone whose passion for the sport survived an experience severe enough to leave her unconscious in a hospital bed, simply walking into gyms again and deciding what she wants from boxing carries significance of its own. Sio calls it “ground zero,” but as she made clear herself, she is not starting from nothing. About the Author Phil Jay is the Editor-in-Chief of World Boxing News (WBN), a BWAA-acknowledged boxing news website founded in 2010. A veteran boxing reporter with 16 years of experience, he has interviewed world champions, broken international exclusives, and reported ringside from major events. His work is published worldwide through WBN and distributed on platforms including Apple News.