Boxer Killed Trying To Calm NYC Bar Fight,

[DaxxKahn]

He was not top tier guy...Most of you probably don't know who he is but I met him a few years ago at a card in Rochester....He lost that night but was still a good sport about it...He was a hell of a nice guy...Shame he was young and during the holidays to boot...
I was caught by surprise when I read this

Boxer Killed Trying To Calm NYC Bar Fight,

Last Edited: Sunday, 31 Dec 2006, 7:54 PM EST
Created: Sunday, 31 Dec 2006, 7:54 PM EST
NEW YORK -- Kemal Kolenovic was a boxer with five knockouts to his name, but he wasn't looking for a fight when he was killed outside a Bronx bar, police and witnesses said.


Instead, he was run over after trying to break one up, police and witnesses said.

Kolenovic, 28, was at the Moonlight Restaurant and Bar, near Belmont and Crescent avenues, when several other men got into an argument about their native Eastern Europe around 4 a.m. Sunday, police and witnesses said.

Kolenovic, who immigrated from Montenegro, followed the men outside but didn't plunge into the dispute, according to the police and witnesses. An uncle said the fighter tried instead to soothe their tempers.

But then one of the men involved in the quarrel got into a sport-utility vehicle and drove it onto the sidewalk, hitting Kolenovic, witnesses and police said. The driver fled, police said.

The boxer was pronounced dead at St. Barnabas Hospital, police said.

"He was in the wrong place at the wrong time," said Tony Kalaj, a spokesman for fight promoter Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing. The company was promoting a match in which Kolenovic hoped to fight later this month, Kalaj said.

Kolenovic, a 5-foot-7-inch middleweight, won his most recent fight with a first-round knockout in mid-December at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y., according to online boxing journals. The Brooklyn boxer's overall record was 10 wins _ with five knockouts _ six losses and two draws, online records show.

"He was one of the toughest kids I ever trained," said one of this trainers, Raymond Paolillo. "He would never back down."

Acquaintance Kenny Frljuckic said the fighter had stopped by his barber shop two days before his death, enthusing about his knockout win in Kings Point.

"He was a good person," Frljuckic said, "a sportsman."

[Rotten Apple]

Thats sad to read. I hope he Rests In Peace. I just read one of the Denver Broncos cornerbacks got killed in a shooting last night. This is not a way to start the new year.

[DaxxKahn]

Thats sad to read. I hope he Rests In Peace. I just read one of the Denver Broncos cornerbacks got killed in a shooting last night. This is not a way to start the new year.

Yeah I caught that too....no sir not a good way to start the year at all.....lets hope this is not a preview of what the rest of the year will be like

[Fenster]

Sad

On average 150,000 people die everyday.

[p4pking]

Sad

On average 150,000 people die everyday.

Thank you.

[landmine950]

Sad

On average 150,000 people die everyday.

True, I'll try and remember to tell your family that when you go.

[sexydarin]

And Quintillians have died since the creation of the earth. We were all born to die.

[angelfire]

It's unfortunate about these professionals because they were both ambushed. While Kemal wasn’t considered top tier due to his ring record, he had a fighter’s heart and spirit, like Jake LaMotta, Rafael Limon, Bobby Chacon, Arturo Gatti, Micky Ward, so in fact he was tops at his game. He did so well against Camacho Jr. in a recent sparring session it motivated him to resurrect his career. Kemal would always say, "I'm a real fighter, I have respect for myself as a fighter, when I come to fight I fight". He knocked out Fontaine Cabell, he gave Walter Wright (from the Contender) pure hell after taking the fight on short notice. That was his problem, taking fights on short notice. Kemal was well mannered and PROUD. More importantly he was very astute about the boxing game, so much so it affected his movement forward. As expressed in one article related to his death, he was hard on his luck. That described his situation perfectly. Nonetheless, he was confident he could rebound from the series of losses he suffered. Only such a gutsy and charismatic fighter could convince former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman to escort him into the ring in his fight against crowd favorite Keenan Collins in Pennsylvania. Kemal went on to steal the heart of the crowd from the hometown favorite, Collins, with his ring antics. Kemal screamed... "I beat that guy". "They love me". He was right we did love him. His death is truly shocking and senseless.

[Fenster]

Sad

On average 150,000 people die everyday.

True, I'll try and remember to tell your family that when you go.

Why, thank you, but I have no family.

6000 children die every day from a lack of access to safe drinking water and poor hygiene.

[BrooklyniteQueen]

why do the good die young but pricks live forever

[Crystal1]

Kemo was a person with a good heart. He actually lived in Brooklyn by Avenue M and he will be greatly missed around the neighborhood. He was a true warrior.

[Punisher136]

Thats sad to read. I hope he Rests In Peace. I just read one of the Denver Broncos cornerbacks got killed in a shooting last night. This is not a way to start the new year.

Denver is not the place to be if you are a pro football player. There's darrent williams more recently but before him it was joey porter and i think a running back some other time.

[cockey cockney]

That's a sad story, R.I.P Kemel.

[HighGrade]

He was a great a guy. very very tough guy. We used to spar together.