Tragedies in Boxing

[THE THIRD MAN]

Just read through the lists quickly so it might have been mentioned.

Johnny Owen, Welsh Bantamweight died in 1980 after his fight with Lupe Pintor when he was KO'd in the 12th. he was in a coma for 7 weeks. he was known as the 'Merthyr Matchstick’

Found this link which has a kind of nice ending to the story in terms of Pintor being forgiven.

Johnny Owen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Did i read this right, the crowd urinated on him? WTF? Sad story all round.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Just read through the lists quickly so it might have been mentioned.

Johnny Owen, Welsh Bantamweight died in 1980 after his fight with Lupe Pintor when he was KO'd in the 12th. he was in a coma for 7 weeks. he was known as the 'Merthyr Matchstick’

Found this link which has a kind of nice ending to the story in terms of Pintor being forgiven.

Johnny Owen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Did i read this right, the crowd urinated on him? WTF? Sad story all round.

yea read that too, and it wasn't THAT long ago for that kind of behavior , i mean if it was in the 1800's or something, it'd still be fucked up but not too shocking

[KananKrus]

Just read through the lists quickly so it might have been mentioned.

Johnny Owen, Welsh Bantamweight died in 1980 after his fight with Lupe Pintor when he was KO'd in the 12th. he was in a coma for 7 weeks. he was known as the 'Merthyr Matchstick’

Found this link which has a kind of nice ending to the story in terms of Pintor being forgiven.

Johnny Owen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Did i read this right, the crowd urinated on him? WTF? Sad story all round.

Must've been a typo, cause the entry doesn't make sense. Seemed out of place in the gist of the paragraph. Wikpediai is infamous for these hiccups, as we all know for sure.