This is according to several independent reports. According to a study by Joseph Svinth in , deaths in boxing have steadily decreased since 15 rounds were reduced to Svinth claims to have uncovered boxing-related deaths in the s.
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The year-old American boxer Patrick Day , who died four days after suffering head injuries in a fight with his compatriot, Charles Conwell, is the sport's latest fatality. Day is boxing's fourth recorded death in that has come as a direct consequence of injuries sustained in the ring. In September, year-old Bulgarian Boris Stanchov died while fighting under his cousin's license in Albania. In July, two boxers died just days between each other.
Read More. As well as those four fatalities, five other boxers were rushed to hospital as a result of injuries suffered in the ring and had to undergo surgery to remove blood clots in their brains, a BoxRec spokeswoman told CNN. The deaths and serious injuries that occur in boxing, often lead to clamors for the sport to be banned. Day is taken out of the ring after being knocked out by Conwell.
At its peak, there were boxing-related deaths in the s, while there were just in the s. There was a steep decline in the number of fatalities following the death of South Korean lightweight Duk-koo Kim, who died in four days after being knocked out by Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini in Las Vegas. A year-old Doyle suffered an eighth-round knockout loss and never regained consciousness; tragically passing away in a local hospital after undergoing surgery.
Davey Moore was sent to the floor awkwardly in the 10th round of his featherweight title showdown with Sugar Ramos, worryingly landing on his neck on the bottom rope. Somehow he was able to rise and finish the round on his feet before the referee halted proceedings. The Kentucky-born champion unfortunately lost a lot more than just his title after a gruelling encounter; falling into a coma in his dressing room which he never emerged from and dying 75 hours later in a hospital bed.
Ali, whose real name was Asymin Mustapha, was placed on a life support machine but would later pass away at his home, being survived by his then-pregnant wife. On his crowning night in , when beating Eusebio Pedroza to become champion, he dedicated his triumph to his past fallen rival.
Minutes after the conclusion, Kim collapsed in a coma and was immediately taken to hospital. He underwent emergency brain surgery and died four days after the bout. One of the more modern day fight fatalities , with light-heavyweight contender Roman Simakov sadly collapsing in the ring after his loss to Sergey Kovalev and later dying from brain injuries. A British welterweight title eliminator in Glasgow took a fatal turn when Dale Evans stopped Mike Towell in the fifth round of a scheduled 12 bout.
Home fighter Towell, born in Dundee, was immediately taken to hospital where it was discovered he had a serious brain bleed which ultimately led to his tragic passing soon after. While there is no way of truly consoling families involved in such terrible instances, the financial burden was eased with the help of many within the sport, such as Ricky Hatton. It should have been a cause for celebration for Scott Westgarth after overcoming Dec Spelman in a light-heavyweight meeting in Doncaster.
But it quickly became a tragedy as the year-old was rushed to hospital following the 10 rounds shared before dying just two days later.
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