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Female Boxer Dies After Bout
CBS News ^ | 4/5/05

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.


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To: Crackingham

Didn't some woman get killed in a "Tough Man"(aka: Stupid People) contest?


21 posted on 04/05/2005 1:00:03 PM PDT by sticker
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To: Crackingham

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?


22 posted on 04/05/2005 1:32:35 PM PDT by Awestruck (Yes, prayer does help and it is important~!)
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To: RockinRight
Am I a horrible man for wondering what this chick looks like??

Did you get your hormones up thinking of looking at a dead, bloodied, bruised carcass?

23 posted on 04/05/2005 2:16:16 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: FreedomSurge

does morgan freeman have an alibi ?


24 posted on 04/05/2005 2:18:01 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: Crackingham

Sometimes I wonder about it; a sport where delivering a concussion is goal.


25 posted on 04/05/2005 3:17:04 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse (unite)
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To: Awestruck
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?

You could say the same thing about football players.

26 posted on 04/05/2005 3:18:59 PM PDT by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: Crackingham
....I like football, but the object is to score a touchdown; I like racing, but the object is to cross the finish line first.

In boxing, the object is to deliver a negative medical condition to your opponent.

27 posted on 04/05/2005 3:19:20 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse (unite)
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To: Billthedrill

My advice would be to duck..


28 posted on 04/05/2005 4:28:28 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty
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To: F15Eagle

Don't some theorize the reason Mohammad Ali has Parkinson's Disease is a result of boxing?


29 posted on 04/05/2005 4:34:56 PM PDT by CarolinaGOP (I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds. - Theodore Roosevelt)
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To: Crackingham

Boxing: dumbest and most barbaric sport in modern history.


30 posted on 04/05/2005 4:37:37 PM PDT by Sicon
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To: Sicon
"Boxing: dumbest and most barbaric sport in modern history."

It is only second.

31 posted on 04/05/2005 4:42:35 PM PDT by verity (A mindset is a terrible thing to waste.)
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To: Crackingham

My grandfather was a professional boxer. I can't stand the sight of women boxing though.


32 posted on 04/05/2005 4:50:07 PM PDT by earlyamerican
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To: verity

Ok, I'll bite: what's first?


33 posted on 04/05/2005 4:56:54 PM PDT by Sicon
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To: Sicon
The Schindler/Schiavo wars. Now that is the epitome of verbal brutality ;-)
34 posted on 04/05/2005 4:58:51 PM PDT by verity (A mindset is a terrible thing to waste.)
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To: Sicon

Politics


35 posted on 04/05/2005 4:59:09 PM PDT by Crackingham
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To: Mr. Jeeves

I take it that's from the Eastwood movie, "Million Dollar Baby' (or something like that).


36 posted on 04/05/2005 5:01:20 PM PDT by theDentist (The Dems are putting all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
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To: sheik yerbouty

I've fought ducks. Mean little SOB's. Got my tail kicked.


37 posted on 04/05/2005 5:01:47 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Sicon

Boxing: The purest of all sports.


38 posted on 04/05/2005 5:02:36 PM PDT by Dean Baker
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To: Dean Baker
Sorry, but I fail to see the "purity" in beating someone to a pulp for any reason other than to protect yourself or someone else.

Agility, strength, stamina, dexterity - any and all of these can be competitively measured WITHOUT anyone being physically beaten.

39 posted on 04/05/2005 5:05:00 PM PDT by Sicon
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To: sticker

Yep. Here in Sarasota. 30 year old mother of two.


40 posted on 04/05/2005 5:07:15 PM PDT by luigi
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