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.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (June 2017)

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 Wyckoff Heights Hospital in Brooklyn.
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]
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.[46]
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.[47]
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.[48]
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.[2] 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.[49]
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.[50]
28 December 2003	John Eman Juarez	Philippines	Rocky Fuentes	Philippines	After Rocky Juarez 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.[51] Since then, Fuentes was never the same, he would constantly have nightmares and would not live up to his handlers' expectations.[52]
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 blunt force trauma to the head.[53][54]
1 Jul 2005	Martín Sánchez	Mexico	Rustam Nugaev	Russia	After the fight, a commission inspector noticed Sánchez walking strangely. He was rushed to a local hospital where he underwent emergency surgery for a subdural hematoma. He died the following morning. This was the first of two deaths in three months that led to boxing authorities in Nevada to begin a series of rule changes for boxer safety.[55]
17 Sep 2005	Leavander Johnson	United States	Jesús Chávez	Mexico	Johnson collapsed in the locker room following the fight and was taken to hospital where he was placed in a medically induced coma following surgery to correct a subdural hematoma. He died on 22 September 2005. [56] The Sánchez and Johnson fatalities led to Nevada authorities creating new regulations on hydration (certain sports drinks in sealed packets), weight cutting, glove weight, and physicians. Rules now require physicians to inspect boxers at weigh-ins, before the contest, and immediately after the contest, and require a minimum of three physicians in the ring. CT scans are now required after fights[57]. In 2016, new brain health testing rules became mandatory, also based on this incident[58].
18 Mar 2006	Kevin Payne	United States	Ryan Maraldo	United States	Payne underwent surgery after suffering a brain injury during the fight. He died the following day.[59]
31 Mar 2007	Lito Sisnorio	Philippines	Chatchai Sasakul	Thailand	Sisnorio sustained brain injuries during the fight and died the next day in hospital. The fight was deemed controversial, as Sisnorio's role in the fight was not officially sanctioned by the Philippine Games and Amusement Board.[60]
25 Dec 2007	Choi Yo-sam	South Korea	Heri Amol	Indonesia	Choi collapsed while still in the ring after the bout, and was rushed to the Soonchunhyang University Hospital immediately after the fight in order to undergo emergency brain surgery. He died on 3 January 2008 after being removed from his ventilator.[61]
15 Oct 2008	Daniel Aguillón	Mexico	Alejandro Sanabria	Mexico	Aguillón was punched in the jaw in the last minute of the 12th round of the super featherweight bout for the Central American title by his opponent Sanabria. He fell unconscious on the floor and was taken to a hospital, but never recovered.[62]
30 Apr 2009	Benjamín Flores	Mexico	Al Seeger	United States	Flores suffered a brain injury during the fight. He died from his injuries on 5 May 2009.[63]
18 Jul 2009	Marco Antonio Nazareth	Mexico	Omar Chávez	Mexico	Nazareth collapsed in the ring and had to be taken to the local hospital, where he underwent a three-hour surgery to treat a cerebral hemorrhage. He died four days later.[64]
20 Nov 2009	Francisco Rodriguez	Mexico	Teon Kennedy	United States	Rodríguez immediately collapsed, losing consciousness while waiting for an official decision. He was rushed to a hospital for emergency brain surgery and died 2 days later.[65]
17 Jul 2010	Bae Ki-suk	South Korea	Jung Jin-ki	South Korea	23-year-old Bae underwent five hours of brain surgery following the fight. After the operation, his body temperature, blood pressure and pulse returned to almost normal, but he remained unconscious and died four days after the bout.
5 Dec 2011	Roman Simakov	Russia	Sergey Kovalev	Russia	27-year-old Simakov died of brain injuries after collapsing in the ring.[66]
31 Mar 2012	Muhammad Afrizal	Indonesia	Irvan Barita Marbun	Indonesia	30-year-old Afrizal began vomiting an hour after the bout and fell unconscious with a hemorrhage. He died four days after brain surgery to remove a blood clot.[67]
28 Mar 2013	Michael Norgrove	United Kingdom	Tom Bowen	United Kingdom	32-year-old Norgrove collapsed in Round 5, and died on 6 April without regaining consciousness.[37]
19 Oct 2013	Francisco Leal	Mexico	Raul Hirales	Mexico	26-year-old Leal went into a coma after suffering a KO loss to Raul Hirales. He was taken from the ring on a stretcher and brought to a hospital in Los Cabos. He was then transferred to Laz Paz, and later brought to a hospital in San Diego, where he died. He had a record of 20-8-3 with 13 KOs.[68]
20 Dec 2013	Tesshin Okada	Japan	Masafumi Kamiyama	Japan	21-year-old Okada, suffered a fourth-round TKO in professional debut. He collapsed after the fight, and was rushed to hospital to undergo surgery for acute subdural hematoma. He died 17 days later on 6 January 2014[69]
10 Oct 2014	Phindile Mwelase	South Africa	Liz Butler	South Africa	Mwelase was defeated by knockout in a boxing match in Pretoria, after which she fell into a coma; she died after remaining in the coma for two weeks. It is one of the first recognised deaths in women's professional boxing.[70][71]
14 Mar 2015	Braydon Smith	Australia	John Vincent Moralde	Philippines	23-year-old Smith lost a 10-round unanimous points decision to Moralde in Toowoomba, Australia. He lost consciousness 90 minutes later at Toowoomba Hospital, and died after spending two days in a medically induced coma at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane.[72]
14 Nov 2015	David Acevedo	Nicaragua	Nelson Altamirano	Nicaragua	23-year-old Acevedo died a week after lapsing into a coma, following an 8th-round TKO loss against Nelson Altamirano in Managua, Nicaragua.
29 Sep 2016	Mike Towell	United Kingdom	Dale Evans	United Kingdom	25-year-old Towell was knocked down in the 1st round and again in the 5th prior to the stoppage, he was carried from the ring on a stretcher and taken to hospital.[73] He died late the following day of severe cerebral hemorrhage.[37] Towell had taken a break from fighting due to severe migraines several weeks before his fatal fight.
27 May 2017	David Whittom	Canada	Gary Kopas	Canada	Whittom suffered from a brain hemorrhage and was rushed to Saint John Regional Hospital the next morning to have part of his skull removed. He spent the next 10 months in a medically induced coma before passing away on 16 March 2018, aged 39.[74]
16 Jun 2017	Tim Hague	Canada	Adam Braidwood	Canada	34-year-old Hague was knocked down five times in the first two rounds, and died two days later after being taken off of life support.[75]
24 Feb 2018	Scott Westgarth	United Kingdom	Dec Spelman	United Kingdom	31-year-old Scott Westgarth defeated Dec Spelman. Westgarth was knocked down just before the end of the fight and collapsed in the locker room. Westgarth was rushed to a nearby hospital and died.[76]
5 Nov 2018	Christian Daghio	Italy	Don Parueang	Thailand	49-year-old Christian Daghio was knocked to the canvas twice in the final round of his WBC Asia title fight against Don Parueang on 26 October. After his second knockdown, Daghio was immediately treated by medical staff inside the ring. He was subsequently taken to hospital in Bangkok, where he spent two days in a coma before passing away. Daghio, who was 49, was in violation of upper age limits enforced by most authorities (age 40), and this death, along with one involving a 13-year old boxer (see below) a week later, led to Thai authorities reviewing legislation on minimum, but not maximum, age of boxers.[77]
12 Nov 2018	Anucha Thasako	Thailand	Phetmongkol Por Peenapat	Thailand	13-year-old Anucha Thasako died from a brain haemorrhage two days after a boxing charity match against a 14-year-old boy. They were both were not wearing any protective headgear. Thasako was boxing since the age of eight-year-old and had done 170 fights to earn money for his family. After his death the Thai parliament reviewed legislation to ban children under 12 years old from boxing matches.[78]
19 Jul 2019	Maxim Dadashev	Russia	Subriel Matías	Puerto Rico	The match was stopped after 11 rounds by Dadashev's trainer James "Buddy" McGirt, himself a former championship boxer. 28-year-old Dadashev collapsed while being transported to the hospital where he underwent emergency brain surgery. He was placed into a coma, before dying three days after the fight due to cerebral edema caused by sustained hits to the head.[79][80]
25 Jul 2019	Hugo Alfredo Santillan	Argentina	Eduardo Javier Abreu	Uruguay	According to ringside reports, the 23-year-old Santillan's nose began bleeding in the fourth round of this fight on 20 July. Santillan passed out as the judges were announcing the draw. After being admitted to the hospital, he had swelling of the brain and successive kidney failure. As the swelling worsened, it affected the functioning of the rest of his organs and he never regained consciousness. Santillan underwent surgery for a clot in his brain, and twice went into cardiorespiratory failure before he died of cardiac arrest. On June 15, forty days prior, he fought Artem Harutyunyan in Germany, who won by unanimous decision. In most areas, that triggers an automatic seven day suspension. Following a post fight examination, he was given a 45 day suspension by German authorities (Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer) that would have expired on 30 July. Santillan was legally under suspension but Argentine authorities did not notice the suspension, as it was not a knockout loss (which triggers automatic longer suspensions). Trainer Orlando Farias knew about the BDB-assessed suspension, and did not coach him in this fight.[81][82]
21 Sep 2019	Boris Stanchov	Bulgaria	Ardit Murja	Albania	It was initially reported that 21-year-old Isus Velichkov collapsed during a match with Ardit Murja after suffering a cardiac arrest. It was later revealed that Stanchov was using the boxing license of his cousin Velichkov. According to Bad Left Hook, Stanchov had been fighting under his name for the past year, and was also stepping into the ring using Velichkov's medicals, The contest took place in Albania, where boxing regulations regarding licencing (such as the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act in the United States) are not enforced. Stanchov's use of Velichkov's medical record is legally a violation of boxing regulations. The tragedy struck in the fifth round of his scrap in Albania after being caught with a jab. He had appeared wobbly on his feet in the moments before hitting the canvas. The fight was immediately waved off, and the referee and medical teams rushed into the ring.[83]
12 Oct 2019	Patrick Day	United States	Charles Conwell	United States	27-year-old Day was knocked down three times in his fight with Conwell. The final knockdown that stopped the fight was particularly brutal, as Day's head violently bounced on the canvas. Seeing the way Day fell, the referee immediately stopped the fight. Day was rushed to a hospital, where he began to suffer seizures, and shortly after fell into a coma. Doctors then performed emergency brain surgery. Four days later on 16 October 2019, Day died from what was described as traumatic brain injury.[84] Following his death, boxing promoter Eddie Hearn said the sport needed to become safer.[85]
16 Apr 2021	Rashed Al-Swaisat	Jordan	Anton Vinogradov	Estonia	18-year-old Alswaisat was knocked out in a preliminary-round light-heavyweight bout with Vinogradov at the AIBA Youth World Championships in Kielce, Poland. He was treated in the ring and taken to a hospital in Kielce, where he died ten days later on 26 April 2021.[86]
28 August 2021	Jeanette Zacarías Zapata	Mexico	Marie Pier Houle	Canada	18-year-old Zapata was knocked down after a series of uppercuts at the end of the fourth round against Houle at the GVM Gala International in Montreal on 28 August 2021. Zapata seemed to suffer a seizure after the fight was stopped, and was taken to the hospital, where she would die on 3 September 2021.[87][88]
16 October 2021	Moisés Fuentes	Mexico	David Cuellar Contreras	Mexico	Fuentes suffered a blood clot in his brain. He never fought again after that and complications from the injury resulted in his death at the age of 37 on November 24, 2022 [89]
7 January 2022	Arest Saakyan	Russia	Igor Semernin	Russia	26-year-old Russian-Armenian boxer Arest Saakyan was knocked down in the last 8th round of bout at the Kings of Ring in Togliatti on 26 December 2021. He died 10 days later.[90]
27 Feb 2022	Hero Tito	Indonesia	James Mokoginta	Indonesia	Tito fell into a coma after suffering a one punch knockout in round 7 from an uppercut against fellow Indonesian James Mokoginta at the Holywings Club in Jakarta, Tito would die at the 3rd of March due to injuries suffered.[91]
5 June 2022	Simiso Buthelezi	South Africa	Siphesihle Mntungwa	South Africa	24-year-old South African boxer Simiso Buthelezi began punching aimlessly in a different direction after Siphesihle Mntungwa was knocked into the ropes by Buthelezi. The referee stopped the fight, and Buthelezi was transported to hospital where a brain bleed was discovered. Buthelezi was placed into a medically induced coma from which he never woke up, as he died two days later.
6 May 2023	Kenneth Egano	Philippines	Jason Facularin	Philippines	Kenneth Egano died on May 10, 2023, after a four-day coma stemming from a post-fight brain hemorrhage, while waiting for his fight results, the 22-year old General Santos City-native, Egano collapsed on his fight against Jason Facularin at "Blow by Blow", a boxing event backed by Senator and eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, unfortunately as Egano was declared the winner, by the time, Egano has already collapsed, later was pronounced sustaining a comatose hours later, eventually led to his death.[92]
17 Dec 2023	Timofey Shadrin	Russia		Russia	14-year-old boxer died after a series of punches to body at the final of Pervouralsk youth championship.[93]
26 Dec 2023	Kazuki Anaguchi	Japan	Seiya Tsutsumi	Japan	This match was on the undercard of the Naoya Inoue (WBC, WBO) vs Marlon Tapales (WBA, IBF) super bantamweight (122 pound / 55 kg) title unification match at Ariake Arena on December 26, 2023. In the undercard, Kazuki Anaguchi battled with compatriot Seiya Tsutsumi where Anaguchi suffered four knockdowns, with the last in the final ten seconds of the final (tenth) round. Tsutsumi won via unanimous decision, 94-92, 94-92, 95-91. After the bout, Anaguchi's legs can be seen twitching and was rushed to the hospital, remaining unconscious for more than a month, however, on February 2024, the Japan Boxing Commission declared Anaguchi dead due to subdural hematoma.[94][95]

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