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.
Hardly. More just curiosity as to what a female boxer looks like.
"Am I a horrible man for wondering what this chick looks like?"
I never got to wonder. I saw the segment on the news, and my reaction was that she didn't look like she had been training that much. I saw no more muscle tone than on your average housewife.
Just another out-of-luck lady trying to make some quick money for her and her kids, probably. Too bad, as this violent 'sport' takes another victim.
the main idea of football is not to destroy another human..
Sounds like quackery..
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