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When the fighters came out for the 14th round, Mancini charged forward and hit Kim with a right. Kim reeled back, Mancini missed with a left, and then Mancini hit Kim with another hard right hand. Kim went flying into the ropes, his head hitting the canvas. Kim managed to rise unsteadily to his feet, but referee Richard Green stopped the fight ...
Four days after the fight, Kim died of massive brain injuries. [2] [3] The Kim-Mancini bout proved to be a watershed in boxing, triggering a series of major changes to the sport. Championship bouts were reduced from 15 to 12 rounds, the standing eight count was introduced, and fighters had to undergo more stringent medical tests before a match. [4]
He has said that the hardest moments came when people approached him and asked if he was the boxer who "killed" Duk Koo Kim. Mancini went through a period of reflection and blamed himself for Kim's death. In addition, Kim's mother died by suicide three months after the fight, and the bout's referee, Richard Green, killed himself in July 1983. [10]
A second tribute album, Hurry Home Early: The Songs of Warren Zevon ("hurry home early" is from the song "Boom Boom Mancini", on the album Sentimental Hygiene) was released by Wampus Multimedia on July 8, 2005. On February 14, 2006, VH1 Classic premiered a music video from a new compilation, Reconsider Me: The Love Songs. The video, titled "She ...
Even after an autopsy was completed, Kim Porter's cause of death was listed as “deferred,” according to a death certificate. ... She was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:40 a.m.
The Good Son: The Life of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini is a 2013 American documentary about the life of boxer Ray Mancini. [2] [3] [4] References
Witnesses described scenes of carnage in the wake of a car-ramming attack early Wednesday morning on Bourbon Street in New Orleans that left at least 15 dead and dozens injured. The suspect, who ...
An intense heat wave melted away long-standing records across the western United States this past week, making it unbearably hot in cities from California through Nevada. Death Valley was sizzling ...