List of deaths due to injuries sustained in boxing

The following is a list of deaths due to injuries sustained in boxing. In February 1995, it was estimated that "approximately 500 boxers have died in the ring or as a result of boxing since the Marquess of Queensberry Rules were introduced in 1884."^[1] 22 boxers died in 1953 alone.^[1]

The list is incomplete; many other boxers not listed here have died as a consequence of injuries sustained in a contest.

Date of fight	Name of victim	Nationality	Opponent	Opponent's nationality	Details
14 Dec 1894	Andy Bowen	United States	Kid Lavigne	United States	27-year-old Bowen hit his head on the wooden canvas when Lavigne knocked him down in the 18th round. Bowen never regained consciousness and died the following morning.^[2]
6 Dec 1897	Walter Croot	United Kingdom	Jimmy Barry	United States	Croot never regained consciousness and died the following day from a brain injury. Charged with manslaughter, Barry was exonerated when it was determined that Croot had died from a fractured skull sustained when his head hit the unpadded floor, made of wood.^[3]
5 Feb 1923	Andy Thomas	United States	Johnny Clinton	United States	Knocked out and did not regain consciousness even though his heart was still beating and died the next morning.^[4]
11 Jan 1924	Frankie Jerome	United States	Bud Taylor	United States	Died two days following a twelfth round stoppage loss.^[5]
19 Apr 1926	Clever Sencio	Philippines	Bud Taylor	United States	Died just two hours after a decision loss. This was the second ring tragedy that involved Bud Taylor.^[6]
13 Dec 1926	Daniel Marshall	United Kingdom	Joshua Lloyd-Doyle	United Kingdom	Died one day following his first professional fight due to injuries sustained.
1 Jun 1928	Tosh Powell	United Kingdom	Billy Housego	United Kingdom	20-year-old Welsh boxer Powell collapsed during the third round of his bout with London fighter Housego. Powell was taken to the Liverpool Royal Infirmary, where he died of a brain hemorrhage on 2 June.^[7]
24 Jan 1930	Mickey Darmon	United States	Eddie Koppy	United States	Fractured skull and cerebral hemorrhage.^[8]^[9]
20 Aug 1930	Johnny Anderson	United States	"Red" Keuhl	United States	^[10]
25 Aug 1930	Frankie Campbell	United States	Max Baer	United States	Campbell was knocked unconscious in the ring and died hours later in the hospital. Doctors discovered that his brain had been knocked loose from the connective tissue inside his head.
7 Jun 1932	Chet Edwards	United States	Joe Torkleson	United States	Won the match, later found unconscious in dressing room and brought to hospital where he died the next day.^[11]
10 Feb 1933	Ernie Schaaf	United States	Primo Carnera	Italy	Suffered a knockout loss in the 13th round and immediately fell unconscious. He would go into a coma, and was rushed to the hospital to undergo surgery where he ultimately died four days later.^[12]
8 May 1933	Jack Holland	United States	Tony Marullo	United States	24-year-old Holland, a college football star and artist's model, died of a cerebral hemorrhage after losing in six rounds to Marullo in New Orleans. He collapsed while leaving the ring and died in a hospital the following morning.^[13]^[14]
17 Mar 1936	Tony Scarpati	United States	Lou Ambers	United States	Died in hospital without regaining consciousness after his knockout by Lou Ambers in the seventh round of their fight. When Scarpati fell, his head struck the ring floor. Although surgeons operated to relieve pressure resulting from the concussion, he failed to regain consciousness.^[15]
30 Jan 1937	Tony Marino	United States	Carlos Quintana	Panama	26-year-old Marino collapsed at the end of an eight-round bout with Quintana in Brooklyn, New York City. The ringside doctor diagnosed a brain concussion. Marino never regained consciousness, dying two days later at Wyckoff Heights Hospital in Brooklyn. New York state officials found Marino had been knocked down five times in the contest, and passed a rule that any boxer downed three times in round constitutes an automatic end to the contest for "outclassed," which is referred by the WBA as an Automatic Knockout.
16 Jul 1940	Peter Asero	United States	Pete Muscarnera	United States	Seemingly on his way to victory by knocking out Muscarnera to the count of nine in the first round, Asero suffered a knockout in the fourth round. He never revived. Heart attack was given as the cause of death by the Athletic Commission.^[16]
2 Jul 1941	Roy "Jack" Gillespie	United States	Jack Chase	United States	Died from a brain injury; Chase taken into technical custody.^[17]
15 May 1942	John M. Marquez	United States	Alfred David Globe	United States	Knocked out and never regained consciousness.^[18]
3 Mar 1946	Dixon Walker	United States	Gus Gerson	United States	Cerebral hemorrhage.^[19]
24 Jun 1947	Jimmy Doyle	United States	Sugar Ray Robinson	United States	Died 17 hours after being knocked out.^[1]
15 Aug 1947	Glenn Newton Smith	United States	Sam Baroudi	United States	Knocked out in the 9th round and never regained consciousness.^[20]
2 Feb 1948	Sam Baroudi	United States	Ezzard Charles	United States	Killed by a punch from a future heavyweight champion.^[20]
28 Feb 1948	Leroy DeCatur	United States	Freddie Herrera	United States	Died after his first professional match.^[21]
28 Mar 1948	Gerardo Hernandez	Cuba	Manuel Parrado	Cuba	Died in the ring following a cerebral hemorhage.^[22]
21 Apr 1948	Jackie Darthard	United States	Bert Lytell	United States	Collapsed after six rounds of fighting and died after being taken to a hospital. Death ultimately ruled to be the result of a brain hemorrhage caused by an undiagnosed injury from a match five months earlier.^[23]
29 Sep 1948	Felix Amado Gomez	Dominican Republic	Bobby McQuillar	United States	"McQuillar hit him with a crushing right hand that sent Kid Dinamita to the canvas. The bell saved him. But he was unable to come out for the ninth round. He was carried out of the ring, and five hours later, on a hospital operating table, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Kid Dinamita was 22 years old."^[24]
19 Sep 1949	Archie Kemp	Australia	Jack Hassen	Australia	Kemp was carried from the ring on a stretcher and did not regain consciousness, dying of a cerebral haemorrhage. Referee Joe Wallis refused to stop the fight.^[25]
22 Feb 1950	Lavern Roach	United States	Georgie Small	United States	Lavern sustained a fatal head injury during the match and died the next day due to a subdural hemorrhage.^[26]
20 Dec 1950	Sonny Boy West	United States	Percy Bassett	United States	West suffered from inter-cerebral hemorrhage resulting from a cerebral concussion and died the following day.^[27]
29 Aug 1951	Georgie Flores	United States	Roger Donoghue	United States	Knocked out and died a few days later. Donoghue gave match winnings to Flores' family.^[28]
12 Dec 1954	Ed Sanders	United States	Willie James	United States	Complained of headaches early in the day. Lost consciousness in the 11th round. Died after a long surgery to relieve bleeding in the brain.^[29]
8 Nov 1958	Jose Blanco	Cuba	Sugar Ramos	Cuba	Died a day after a knockout loss in the eighth and final round against future world champion Sugar Ramos.^[30]
26 Oct 1959	Walt Ingram	United States	José Becerra	Mexico	^[31]
9 Apr 1960	Charlie Mohr	United States	Stu Bartell	United States	Died a week after being knocked out in NCAA tournament at Madison, Wisconsin.^[32] His death has been credited with resulting in the NCAA's termination of the sport.^[33]
6 Jun 1960	Tommy Pacheco	Puerto Rico	Benny Gordon	United States	Remained unconscious after fight. Brought to hospital where a brain operation was performed but succumbed to injuries.^[34]
26 Jun 1960	Rafael Rodriguez	Mexico	Gaby Sanchez	Mexico	Floored after hook to the liver.^[35]
15 May 1961	Harry Campbell	United States	Al Medrano	United States	23-year-old Campbell, a 1960 Olympic boxer, collapsed after the final bell of the tenth round of his bout with Medrano. He never regained consciousness, despite brain surgery.^[36]
24 Mar 1962	Benny Paret	United States	Emile Griffith	United States	See Benny Paret vs. Emile Griffith III; Paret died of brain injuries 10 days later.^[1]^[37]
21 Sep 1962	Alejandro Lavorante	Argentina	John Riggins	United States	Lavorante would spend 19 months in a coma before passing away on April 1, 1964.^[38]
21 Mar 1963	Davey Moore	United States	Sugar Ramos	Mexico	Moore collapsed in the dressing room after the fight, and died 75 hours later. This was the second ring tragedy that Sugar Ramos was involved in.^[1]^[37]
10 May 1965	Sonny Banks	United States	Leotis Martin	United States	Banks is known for being the first fighter to ever score a knockdown against Muhammad Ali. He died 3 days after this fight at age 24.^[39]
11 Mar 1969	Ulrich Regis	Trinidad and Tobago	Joe Bugner	United Kingdom	Regis died four days after the fight following surgery to remove a blood clot.^[1]^[37]
2 Feb 1972	Mick Pinkney	United Kingdom	Jim Moore	United Kingdom	Pinkney was knocked out in the fifth round and died after choking on his own blood.^[1]
19 Jul 1978	Angelo Jacopucci	Italy	Alan Minter	United Kingdom	Jacopucci did not collapse in the ring; he and Minter met for a meal after the fight. Jacopucci then fell into a coma and died.^[40] As a result of this, European title fights were limited to 12 rounds.^[1]^[37]
23 Nov 1979	Willie Classen	United States	Wilford Scypion	United States	Died following the fight.^[1]^[37]
9 Jan 1980	Charles Newell	United States	Marlon Starling	United States	Died after being knocked out in the 7th round.^[37]
20 Jun 1980	Cleveland Denny	Guyana	Gaétan Hart	Canada	Died 16 days after being knocked out.^[37]
19 Sep 1980	Johnny Owen	United Kingdom	Lupe Pintor	Mexico	Owen was knocked out and died six weeks later without regaining consciousness.^[1]^[37]
7 May 1982	Andy Balaba	Philippines	Hi-Sup Shin	South Korea	Died of injuries sustained in the fight.^[37]^[41]^[42]
14 Jun 1982	Young Ali	Nigeria	Barry McGuigan	Ireland	Collapsed in the ring, fell into a coma, and died from a blood clot two days later.^[40]^[37]
13 Nov 1982	Kim Duk-koo	South Korea	Ray Mancini	United States	Kim died four days after the fight, as a result of a subdural hematoma, which filled his skull with 100 cubic centimetres of blood. As a result of this, world championship fights were limited to 12 rounds and increased testing required in Nevada.^[1]^[37]
1 Sep 1983	Francisco Bejines	Mexico	Alberto Dávila	United States	Died of brain injuries, despite surgery to remove a blood clot and relieve pressure on his brain.^[1]^[37]
29 May 1985	Shawn Thomas	United States	Chris Calvin	United States	Died of head injuries.^[1]^[37]
2 Nov 1985	Jacob Morake	South Africa	Brian Mitchell	South Africa	Died of head injuries.^[1]^[37]
29 Nov 1985	Gerardo Derbez	Mexico	Jorge Vaca	Mexico	Knocked out and fell into a coma; died from brain injuries.^[1]^[37]
14 Mar 1986	Steve Watt	United Kingdom	Rocky Kelly	United Kingdom	Died of brain injuries.^[1]^[37]
27 Feb 1987	Jean-Claude Vinci	France	Lionel Jean	France	Vinci lost the fight on points, and died 30 minutes later.^[1]^[37]
14 Jun 1988	Brian Baronet	South Africa	Kenny Vice	United States	Fell into a coma after being knocked out and died 3 days later.^[1]^[37]
13 Aug 1988	Daniel Thetele	South Africa	Aaron Williams	South Africa	Collapsed without regaining consciousness and died.^[1]^[37]
4 Mar 1989	David Thio	Ivory Coast	Terrence "Alli" Halley	Guyana	Knocked out and died 10 days later.^[1]^[37]
17 Aug 1990	Pat Stone	Australia	Gary Wills	Australia	Died of brain injuries the day after the fight.^[1]
27 May 1991	Patrick Mdiniso	South Africa	Mongezi Mbadu	South Africa	Died after being knocked unconscious.^[1]^[43]
17 Nov 1991	Clive Sikwebu	South Africa	Ndoda Mayende	South Africa	Died nine days after being knocked out.^[1]^[43]
1 Dec 1991	Minoru Katsumata	Japan	Takashi Murata	Japan	Died after being knocked out in the 10th round.^[1] It was his first professional fight.^[44]
20 Dec 1991	David Ellis	Chile	Abdenago Jofré	Chile	Ellis collapsed in the final round and died 9 days after.^[45]
26 Apr 1994	Bradley Stone	United Kingdom	Richie Wenton	United Kingdom	Died from a blood clot.^[1]^[40]^[37]
22 Jul 1994	Robert Wangila	Kenya	David Gonzalez	United States	Died after an operation to remove a blood clot from his brain.^[1]^[37]
6 May 1995	Jimmy Garcia	Colombia	Gabriel Ruelas	Mexico	Held on the undercard of his brother Rafael's contest against Oscar De La Hoya for the WBO and IBF Lightweight Titles, Gabriel won an 11th round TKO against Garcia, who died 13 days later due to a blood clot on the brain.^[37]
13 Oct 1995	James Murray	United Kingdom	Drew Docherty	United Kingdom	Murray collapsed in the final round and died on 15 October 1995 due to brain injuries.^[40]^[37]
9 Dec 1995	Eugene Barutag	Philippines	Randy Andagan	Philippines	On December 9, 1995, a young fighter from General Santos City named Eugene Barutag, was scheduled for an eight-round match against veteran Randy Andagan of Biñan, Laguna. Barutag was winning the match in the first four rounds and almost knocked out Andagan, but the latter got his second wind and beat the younger boxer, who at the end of the bout, collapsed in his corner. At that time, there were no standby paramedics in case of emergency. Using the service vehicle of Vintage Sports, Barutag was rushed to the Jose Reyes Memorial Hospital and was declared dead on arrival.^[46]
13 Dec 1997	Felix Bwalya	Zambia	Paul Burke	United Kingdom	Was knocked down three times in the final rounds; died 9 days later.^[37] While in a coma, he was found to have had malaria in his bloodstream. The autopsy report stated the cause of death was cardiorespiratory failure, severe blunt force trauma to the head, and bronchopneumonia in his right lung.
12 Sep 1999	Randie Carver	United States	Kabary Salem	Egypt	Carver was headbutted repeatedly during the early rounds, with the contest not being stopped contrary to rules in boxing that call for a termination of contest for clash of heads. He lost consciousness and was rushed to the hospital. Carver died two days later from blunt head trauma.^[47]
20 Oct 2000	Bobby Tomasello	United States	Steve Dotse	Ghana	Tomasello collapsed in his dressing room after a 10-round draw. He fell into a coma from which he never awoke, dying five days later.^[48]
30 Mar 2001	Muhammad Alfaridzi [ID]	Indonesia	Khongtawat Sorkiti	Thailand	Alfaridzi fell into coma after Sorkiti knocked him out on the eighth round, and died three days later of bleeding in the left side of his brain.^[49]
26 Jun 2001	Beethaeven Scottland	United States	George Khalid Jones	United States	Jones hurt Scottland in the tenth, and Scottland dropped to the canvas and was counted out having not risen to his feet. Scottland had to be helped from the ring and fell into a coma, dying from his injuries on July 1, 2001.
23 Jun 2002	Pedro Alcázar	Panama	Fernando Montiel	Mexico	Alcazar was declared healthy by ringside doctors, with no visible signs of any trauma. He collapsed in his hotel room the following day, and died in hospital.^[50]
18 Jul 2003	Brad Rone	United States	Billy Zumbrun	United States	He turned around to walk to his corner following the 1st round when he collapsed, dying instantly. An autopsy later revealed Rone had died of a heart attack, which ringside physicians had not inspected him before the contest as required.^[51]
28 December 2003	John Eman Juarez	Philippines	Rocky Fuentes	Philippines	After Rocky Fuentes knocked John Eman Juarez out, John Eman Juarez was immediately carried from the ring on a stretcher unconscious, Juarez would regain consciousness at Cebu Doctors' Hospital but would die due to Subdural Hematoma on January 1, 2004, 1:00AM.^[52] Since then, Fuentes was never the same, he would constantly have nightmares and would not live up to his handlers' expectations.^[53]
2 Apr 2005	Becky Zerlentes	United States	Heather Schmitz	United States	Wikinews has related news: First female boxing death occurs in US sanctioned match On April 2, 2005, Zerlentes was participating in the Colorado State Boxing Senior Female Championships (an amateur boxing contest) at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado. She was knocked out in the third round by her opponent, Heather Schmitz, fell unconscious, and never regained consciousness. Zerlentes is the first woman known to have died of injuries sustained during a sanctioned boxing match in the United States. According to the Denver County coroner, the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head.^[54]^[55]
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