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11-29-2009, 07:52 PM
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Location: CHICAGO, WRIGLEYVILLE
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Chicago fighter dies after fight
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11-29-2009, 07:53 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Southern Ontario, Canada
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Not uncommon in Boxing, sadly. I thought it was an MMA fighter until I clicked the link, RIP.
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11-29-2009, 08:15 PM
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Professional Fighter
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Quote:
Originally Posted by UFCanadian
Not uncommon in Boxing, sadly. I thought it was an MMA fighter until I clicked the link, RIP.
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Ditto. Its been MMA's ace in the hole for years that boxing has consistently claimed the lives of its athletes while MMA has only had one in Texas.
In all fairness to boxing though almost every sport has claimed the life of an athlete at some point, even tennis has a death.
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11-29-2009, 08:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RJ Clifford
Ditto. Its been MMA's ace in the hole for years that boxing has consistently claimed the lives of its athletes while MMA has only had one in Texas.
In all fairness to boxing though almost every sport has claimed the life of an athlete at some point, even tennis has a death.
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During the tennis match? Or from like a drug OD after?
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11-29-2009, 08:25 PM
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Location: New York
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Rip
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11-29-2009, 08:25 PM
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Orange Belt
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: GA
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Damn thats sad. thats cool his family donated his organs though.
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11-29-2009, 08:26 PM
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Location: Vancouver
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sad  but his death saved 5 other people... if there is a bright side.
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11-29-2009, 08:27 PM
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well, boxing has about triple the number of fighters and bouts, and a majority of those deaths seem to be in some third world shithole. mma is largely a north american sport right now. but ive seen some gnarly local bouts on both sides, those are usually the worst
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11-29-2009, 08:27 PM
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Terrible way to go out, my condolences.
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11-29-2009, 08:27 PM
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Purple Belt
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: St. Augustine, FL
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Sorry to hear this.
RIP champ.
Every sport carries risk. Boxing is riskier (to life) than MMA I would guess. But there are far riskier things to do with your time than boxing.
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