Have any boxers died?

[OaktownGhost]

Dude died about 4 months ago down here in biloxi or gulfport in the ring. Read about it in the paper they never said what caused it medically...

Boxers deserve all the respect in the world. It amazes me that boxers are called bums especially at the medium and higher levels.

Finally some one wrote this. I take it most people who call boxers bums have never boxed a day in their life

[DonTaseMeBrah]

didnt omar chavez fight someone that ended up dying?

[EuropeFightFan]

[K-Nan]

There's incredible risk in boxing, but the odds of you or someone else dying is one to millions.

The odds of post-career mental and physical health issues are very high, however.

[P.WILL]

this is why they changed from 15 to 12 rounds

[Jordee-G]

this is why they changed from 15 to 12 rounds

Do you think they will ever lower it again?

[Heru]

The odds of post-career mental and physical health issues are very high, however.

Yeah, that's why I said dying. There aren't many solid numbers on retired boxers, so no one can really be sure how high the odds are or if they're high in the first place.

[Allucard]

There's incredible risk in boxing, but the odds of you or someone else dying is one to millions.

No it's not. Around 1% is more accurate which is not so low.

Changes in the Collection over Time



The number of deaths documented by the Velazquez Collection has grown over time. See Table 1 for details.



Table 1

Update


Fatalities listed

July 2000


938

December 2001


1,101

January 2004


1,197

May 2005


1,255

April 2006


1,326

December 2006


1,344

November 2007


1,465



The facile explanation for these increases is that boxers continue to die of ring injuries. In a literal sense, this explanation is true. Since July 2000, when Electronic Journals of Martial Arts and Sciences began publishing analysis based on the Manuel Velazquez Collection, at least 60 boxers and Toughman fighters have died. Nevertheless, the only reason that the listing has grown by a third since July 2000 is that research is ongoing, especially into the years before World War II.

[The Hammer]

Max Baer killed Frank Campbell I think.

With hard rabbit punch when Campbell was already out on his feet hanging on the ropes.

[The Hammer]

Dude died about 4 months ago down here in biloxi or gulfport in the ring. Read about it in the paper they never said what caused it medically...

Boxers deserve all the respect in the world. It amazes me that boxers are called bums especially at the medium and higher levels.

Good post.