List of deaths due to injuries sustained in boxing

The following is a list of deaths due to injuries sustained in boxing. In February 1995 it was estimated that "approximately 500 boxers have died in the ring or as a result of boxing since the Marquess of Queensberry Rules were introduced in 1884." 22 boxers died in 1953 alone.

Date of fight	Name	Nationality	Opponent	Opponent's nationality	Details
13 December 1926	Daniel Marshall	United Kingdom	Joshua Lloyd-Doyle	United Kingdom	Died one day following his first professional fight due to injuries sustained.
25 August 1930	Frankie Campbell	United States	Max Baer	United States	Campbell was knocked unconscious in the ring and died hours later in the hospital. Doctors discovered that his brain had been knocked loose from the connective tissue inside his head.
10 February 1933	Ernie Schaaf	United States	Primo Carnera	Italy	Suffered a knockout loss in the 13th round and immediately fell unconscious. He would go into a coma, and was rushed to the hospital to undergo surgery where he ultimately died four days later on Valentine's Day.
16 July 1940	Peter Asero	United States	Pete Muscarnera	United States	Seemingly on his way to victory by knocking out Musarnera to the count of nine in the first round, Asero suffered a knockout in the fourth round. He never revived. Heart attack was given as the cause of death by the Athletic Commission.
24 June 1947	Jimmy Doyle	United States	Sugar Ray Robinson	United States	Died 17 hours after being knocked out.
02 February 1948	Sam Baroudi	United States	Ezzard Charles	United States	Killed by a punch from a future heavyweight champion.
19 September 1949	Archie Kemp	Australia	Jack Hassen	Australia	Kemp was carried from the ring on a stretcher and did not regain consciousness, dying of a cerebral haemorrhage. The referee refused to stop the fight.
22 February 1950	Lavern Roach	United States	Georgie Small	United States	Lavern sustained a fatal head injury during the match and died the next day due to a subdural hemorrhage.
20 December 1950	Sonny Boy West	United States	Percy Bassett	United States	West suffered from inter-cerebral hemorrhage resulting from a cerebral concussion and died the following day.
12 December 1954	Ed Sanders	United States	Willie James	United States	Complained of headaches early in the day. Lost consciousness in the 11th round. Died after a long surgery to relieve bleeding in the brain.
24 March 1962	Benny Paret	United States	Emile Griffith	United States	See Benny Paret vs. Emile Griffith III; Paret died of brain injuries 10 days later.
21 March 1963	Davey Moore	United States	Sugar Ramos	Mexico	Moore collapsed in the dressing room after the fight, and died 75 hours later.
11 March 1969	Ulrich Regis	Trinidad and Tobago	Joe Bugner	United Kingdom	Regis died four days after the fight following surgery to remove a blood clot.
2 February 1972	Mick Pinkney	United Kingdom	Jim Moore	United Kingdom	Pinkney was knocked out in the fifth round and died after choking on his own blood.
19 July 1979	Angelo Jacopucci	Italy	Alan Minter	United Kingdom	Jacopucci did not collapse in the ring; he and Minter met for a meal after the fight. Jacopucci then fell into a coma and died. As a result of this, European title fights were limited to 12 rounds.
23 November 1979	Willie Claasen	United States	Wilford Scypion	United States	Died following the fight.
9 January 1980	Charles Newell	United States	Marlon Starling	United States	Died after being knocked out in the 7th round.
20 June 1980	Cleveland Denny	Guyana	Gaétan Hart	Canada	Died 16 days after being knocked out.
19 September 1980	Johnny Owen	United Kingdom	Lupe Pintor	Mexico	Owen was knocked out and died six weeks later without regaining consciousness.
7 May 1982	Andy Balaba	Philippines	Hi-Sup Shin	South Korea	Died of injuries suffered in the fight.
14 June 1982	Young Ali	Nigeria	Barry McGuigan	Ireland	Collapsed in the ring, fell into a coma, and died from a blood clot two days later.
13 November 1982	Kim Duk-koo	South Korea	Ray Mancini	United States	Kim died four days after the fight. As a result of this, world championship fights were limited to 12 rounds.
1 September 1983	Francisco Bejines	Mexico	Alberto Dávila	United States	Died of brain injuries.
29 May 1985	Shawn Thomas	United States	Chris Calvin	United States	Died of head injuries.
2 November 1985	Jacob Morake	South Africa	Brian Mitchell	South Africa	Died of head injuries.
29 November 1985	Gerardo Derbez	Mexico	Jorge Vaca	Mexico	Knocked out and fell into a coma; died from brain injuries.
14 March 1986	Steve Watt	United Kingdom	Rocky Kelly	United Kingdom	Died of brain injuries.
27 February 1987	Jean-Claude Vinci	France	Lionel Jean	France	Vinci lost the fight on points, and died 30 minutes later.
14 June 1988	Brian Baronet	South Africa	Kenny Vice	United States	Fell into a coma after being knocked out and died 3 days later.
13 August 1988	Daniel Thetele	South Africa	Aaron Williams	South Africa	Collapsed and died.
4 March 1989	David Thio	Ivory Coast	Terrence Alli	United States	Knocked out and died 10 days later.
17 August 1990	Pat Stone	Australia	Gary Wills	Australia	Died of brain injuries the day after the fight.
27 May 1991	Patrick Mdiniso	South Africa	Mongezi Mbadu	South Africa	Died after being knocked unconscious.
17 November 1991	Clive Sikwebu	South Africa	Ndoda Mayende	South Africa	Died nine days after being knocked out.
1 December 1991	Minoru Katsumata	Japan	Takashi Murata	Japan	Died after being knocked out in the 10th round. It was his first professional fight.
26 April 1994	Bradley Stone	United Kingdom	Richie Wenton	United Kingdom	Died from a blood clot.
22 July 1994	Robert Wangila	Kenya	David Gonzalez	United States	Died after an operation to remove a blood clot from his brain.
6 May 1995	Jimmy Garcia	Colombia	Gabriel Ruelas	Mexico	Died 13 days later, due to a blood clot on the brain.
12 October 1995	James Murray	United Kingdom	Drew Docherty	United Kingdom	Murray collapsed in the final round and died the next day.
13 December 1997	Felix Bwalya	Zambia	Paul Burke	United Kingdom	Was knocked down three times in the final rounds; died 9 days later.
12 September 1999	Randie Carver	United States	Kabary Salem	Egypt	Carver was headbutted repeatedly during the early rounds. He lost consciousness and was rushed to the hospital. Carver died two days later from blunt head trauma.
23 June 2002	Pedro Alcázar	Panama	Fernando Montiel	Mexico	Alcazar was declared healthy by ringside doctors, with no visible signs of any trauma. Collapsed in his hotel room the following day and died in hospital.
18 July 2003	Brad Rone	United States	Billy Zumbrun	United States	He turned around to walk to his corner following the 1st round when he collapsed, dying instantly. An autopsy later revealed Rone had died of a heart attack.
1 July 2005	Martín Sánchez	Mexico	Rustam Nugaev	Russia	After the fight, a commission inspector noticed Sánchez walking strangely, he was rushed to a local hospital where he underwent emergency surgery for a subdural hematoma. He died the following morning.
17 September 2005	Leavander Johnson	United States	Jesús Chávez	Mexico	Johnson collapsed in the locker room following the fight and was taken to hospital where he was placed in a medically induced coma following surgery to correct a subdural hematoma. He died on 22 September 2005
18 March 2006	Kevin Payne	United States	Ryan Maraldo	United States	Payne died the following day following surgery after suffering a brain injury during the fight.
31 March 2007	Lito Sisnorio	Philippines	Chatchai Sasakul	Thailand	Sustained brain injuries during the fight and died the next day in hospital. The fight was deemed controversial as Sisnorio's role in the fight was not officially sanctioned by the Philippine Games and Amusement Board.
25 December 2007	Choi Yo-sam	South Korea	Heri Amol	Indonesia	He collapsed while still in the ring after the bout and was rushed to the Soonchunhyang University Hospital immediately after the fight in order to undergo emergency brain surgery. He died on 3 January 2008 after being removed from his ventilator.
15 October 2008	Daniel Aguillon	Mexico	Alejandro Sanabria	Mexico	Aguillón was punched in the jaw in the last minute of the 12th round of the super featherweight bout for the Central American title by his opponent Sanabria, he fell unconscious on the floor and was taken to a hospital, but never recovered.
30 April 2009	Benjamín Flores	Mexico	Al Seeger	United States	Flores suffered a brain injury during the fight. He died from his injuries on 5 May 2009
18 July 2009	Marco Antonio Nazareth	Mexico	Omar Chávez	Mexico	Nazareth collapsed in the ring and had to be taken to the local hospital where he underwent a three-hour surgery to treat a cerebral hemorrhage. He died four days later.
20 November 2009	Francisco Rodriguez	Mexico	Teon Kennedy	United States	Rodríguez immediately collapsed, losing consciousness while waiting for an official decision. He was rushed to a hospital for emergency brain surgery and died 2 days later.
5 December 2011	Roman Simakov	Russia	Sergey Kovalev (boxer)	Russia	Simakov died of brain injuries after collapsing in the ring.
31 March 2012	Muhammad Afrizal	Indonesia	Irvan Barita Marbun	Indonesia	Afrizal began vomiting an hour after the bout and fell unconscious with a hemorrhage and died four days after brain surgery to remove a blood clot.
17 July 2012	Bae Ki-suk	South Korea	Jung Jun-ki	South Korea	Bae underwent five hours of brain surgery following the fight. After the operation, his body temperature, blood pressure and pulse returned to almost normal, but he remained unconscious and died four days after the bout.
28 March 2013	Michael Norgrove	United Kingdom	Tom Bowen	United Kingdom	Collapse in Round 5 died 6 April without regaining consciousness.
19 October 2013	Francisco Leal	Mexico	Raul Hirales	Mexico	Francisco Leal went into a coma after suffering a KO loss to Raul Hirales 19 October 2013. He was taken from the ring on a stretcher and brought to a hospital in Los Cabos, then transferred to Laz Paz, and later brought to a hospital in San Diego, where he died. He had a record of 20-8-3 with 13 KOs.
29 September 2016	Mike Towell	United Kingdom	Dale Evans	United Kingdom	Died the following day.
27 May 2017	David Whittom	Canada	Gary Kopas	Canada	Whittom suffered from a brain hemorrhage and was rushed to Saint John Regional Hospital the next morning to have part of his skull removed. Spent the next 10-months in a medically induced coma before passing away on 16 March 2018.
16 June 2017	Tim Hague	Canada	Adam Braidwood	Canada	Was knocked down five times in the first two rounds; died two days later.
24 February 2018	Scott Westgarth	United Kingdom	Dec Spelman	United Kingdom	Scott Westgarth, defeated Dec Spelman. Westgarth was knocked down just before the end of the fight and collapsed in the locker room. Westgarth was rushed to a nearby hospital and died.
5 November 2018	Christian Daghio	Italy	Don Parueang	Thailand	Christian Daghio was knocked to the canvas twice in the final round of his WBC Asia title fight against Don Parueang on October 26. After his second knockdown, Daghio was immediately treated by medical staff inside the ring. He was subsequently taken to hospital in Bangkok where he spent two days in a coma before passing away.