Posted on 04/05/2005 11:34:03 AM PDT by Crackingham
A woman who won a regional boxing title three years ago died from a head injury sustained in a Golden Gloves competition. She is believed to be the first woman to die in a sanctioned amateur match in the U.S.
Becky Zerlentes, 34, of Fort Collins died Sunday afternoon, said Howard Daniel of the Denver County coroner's office. A preliminary cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head, but results from an autopsy conducted Monday were not immediately available.
Zerlentes was hit by a punch by her opponent, Heather Schmitz, and despite wearing protective headgear fell unconscious to the canvas during the third round of her match late Saturday, USA Boxing spokeswoman Julie Goldsticker.
The fatal blow, captured by CBS station KCNC-TV, shows a right hook landing on Zerlentes' left temple.
Ringside physicians jumped into the ring but Zerlentes never regained consciousness and died several hours later at a hospital.
Didn't some woman get killed in a "Tough Man"(aka: Stupid People) contest?
I've never understood the sport... so many former boxers end up kind of messed up.. what kind of life is it beating up and getting beaten for a living?
Did you get your hormones up thinking of looking at a dead, bloodied, bruised carcass?
does morgan freeman have an alibi ?
Sometimes I wonder about it; a sport where delivering a concussion is goal.
You could say the same thing about football players.
In boxing, the object is to deliver a negative medical condition to your opponent.
My advice would be to duck..
Don't some theorize the reason Mohammad Ali has Parkinson's Disease is a result of boxing?
Boxing: dumbest and most barbaric sport in modern history.
It is only second.
My grandfather was a professional boxer. I can't stand the sight of women boxing though.
Ok, I'll bite: what's first?
Politics
I take it that's from the Eastwood movie, "Million Dollar Baby' (or something like that).
I've fought ducks. Mean little SOB's. Got my tail kicked.
Boxing: The purest of all sports.
Agility, strength, stamina, dexterity - any and all of these can be competitively measured WITHOUT anyone being physically beaten.
Yep. Here in Sarasota. 30 year old mother of two.
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