An 18-year-old boxer died after a knockout in Montreal. The fight should've never happened

At the end of the fourth round in a six-round fight on Aug. 28, 2021, Jeanette Zacarias Zapata went into convulsions.A left uppercut and a right hook from her opponent were among the string of punches that had become too much to overcome for the 18-year-old Mexican boxer.Her trainer, on-site paramedics and a doctor assigned to the event rushed into the ring to assist her as she lay unconscious at Montreal's IGA stadium.It was Zapata's sixth — and last — professional fight. She died five days lat

Mar 20, 2025 - 05:30
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An 18-year-old boxer died after a knockout in Montreal. The fight should've never happened
At the end of the fourth round in a six-round fight on Aug. 28, 2021, Jeanette Zacarias Zapata went into convulsions.A left uppercut and a right hook from her opponent were among the string of punches that had become too much to overcome for the 18-year-old Mexican boxer.Her trainer, on-site paramedics and a doctor assigned to the event rushed into the ring to assist her as she lay unconscious at Montreal's IGA stadium.It was Zapata's sixth — and last — professional fight. She died five days lat

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