Mexican Teen Boxer Dies Of Injuries Suffered In Ring
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Jeanette Zacarias Zapata, an 18-year-old boxer from Mexico, died Thursday, five days after she was knocked out in a fight, promoter Yvon Michel said.
Jeanette Zacarias Zapata, an 18-year-old boxer from Mexico, died Thursday, five days after she was knocked out in a fight, promoter Yvon Michel said. "It is with great sadness and torment that we learned, from a representative of her family, that Jeanette Zacarias Zapata passed away this afternoon at 3:45 p.m.," a statement from Groupe Yvon Michel said. Zapata took part in the GYM Gala International Boxing event Saturday in Montreal, losing to Marie Pier Houle in the fourth round of a welterweight match. A left uppercut and right hook from Houle dazed Zapata in the fourth round. She did not answer the bell for the fifth round of the scheduled six-round professional bout, and after she appeared to have a seizure, she was stretchered out of the ring and taken to hospital.More Related News