The tragic side of boxing strikes again.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Very sad. I heard about this few weeks ago when it happened and they said he will recover..

RIP

[Beanflicker]

It's a brutal sport. Hopefully keyboard warriors will think of instances like this next time they decide to call a professional prize fighter a "coward" or "pussy".

[bradlee180]

It's worth posting the following PDFs for any newer viewers.

Manuel Velazquez Boxing Fatality Collection.
Has 1865 Boxing fatalities listed up till 2011. It's closing in on 2 thousand men dead from Boxing.

http://ejmas.com/jcs/velazquez/Death...2011_Final.pdf


This next file is much larger, and only open if your computer's fast.
Has the names of the dead, type of injury, what rd, if the opponent was charged:

http://ejmas.com/jcs/velazquez/Muert...f_Sep_2011.pdf


EDIT:
In the first decade of the New Millennium, 2000 to 2009, 103 men died from Boxing injuries. 103 dead boxers in 10 years.