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Wager Mage
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15-round boxing matches ended due to the death of South Korean boxer Kim Duk-koo in the 14th round of his WBA Title fight against Ray Mancini in 1982. Kim Duk-koo's death prompted the WBC to limit its championship fights to a maximum of twelve rounds, a move followed by the WBA and IBF in 1987.
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Read More »The fight was a close one throughout, with both competitors willing to withstand punishment to dish out some of their own. The result was a fight with several injuries, starting with Ray Mancini breaking his left hand in the 3rd round. Kim Duk-koo (left) during his fight with Ray Mancini. Notice the swelling on Kim’s face from the amount of punishment absorbed throughout the fight. By the 11th round, both fighters had taken an extraordinary amount of damage, which was clear from their facial laceration and bruising. The heavy toll they had taken prompted them to clinch several times, both bleeding and tired, which prompted Mancini to later say, “I knew him better than his own mother”. At the start of the 14th round, Mancini quickly came forward, first throwing a left hook, followed by a straight right. The straight punch knocked Kim Duk-koo back, landing by the edge of the ring. In an amazing feat of strength and perseverance, Kim Duk-koo managed to get up before the end of the ten count, using the ropes to lift himself. Commentator Ralph Wiley called it “one of the greatest physical feats I had ever witnessed”. Despite this, referee Richard Green knew that Kim was not able to continue, and called the fight off nineteen seconds into the 14th round. The moment when Mancini (left) knocked down Kim Duk-koo in the 14th round. Ray Mancini emerged victorious, with Kim Duk-koo being carried out of the arena on a stretcher and taken to the nearby Desert Springs Hospital. At the hospital, a CT scan on Kim’s brain revealed a subdural hematoma, a life-threatening injury caused by tears in bridging veins of the brain. About 100 cubic centimeters of blood had filled up within Kim’s brain, enough to fill two shot glasses. Despite the removal of the blood clot after two and a half hours of operation, Dr. Lonnie Hammargren concluded that there was no way to save Kim’s life. Kim remained on life support until four days after the fight, so that his mother and half-brother could see him before his death. With them they brought herbal medicine and acupuncturists, in a final attempt to save his life, until Kim’s mother allowed the life-support to be turned off. Kim Duk-koo died on November 18, 1982, at the young age of 23.
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Read More »Mancini would later lose his title to Livingstone Bramble (left), which many attributed to Mancini’s disillusionment with boxing after Kim’s death. Three months after the death of Kim, his mother took her own life by drinking a bottle of pesticide. Kim was also engaged prior to his death, leaving behind his fiancée, Lee Young-Mi. She was pregnant at the time of his death, with a boy who would be named Kim Chi-Wan, born in July of 1983. The death of Kim was a very infamous event, especially because it was nationally televised by CBS. Because of this, CBS did not televise Mancini’s next fight, as Kim’s death had started conversations on Boxing regulation, as well as its abolition. The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) was the first organization to impose rule changes. Just a month after Kim’s death, the NSAC introduced the standing eight count, which allows the referee to call a knockdown if they see a fighter not defending themselves. The commission also imposed a 45-day suspension for fighters who lose via knockout. After Marvin Hagler (far right) beat Mustafa Hamsho by 3rd round KO, the WBC stripped him of his title due to the fight being scheduled for more than 12 rounds.
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