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British fighter Sherif Lawal died on Sunday night after collapsing during his professional debut match in the United Kingdom. Lawal was fighting his first major bout at the Harrow Leisure Centre in a suburb northwest of London when the incident occurred, according to match promoter Warren Boxing Management. The company extended its condolences to Lawal's friends and family in a statement posted to social media.
American boxer Patrick Day died after sustaining injuries during a 2019 match in Chicago. The New York native was knocked unconscious during the fight's tenth round and suffered a traumatic brain injury. Day slipped into a coma following brain surgery and never regained consciousness. His opponent, Olympic boxer Charles Conwell, expressed remorse in an open letter to Day while he was comatose.
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