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Bernard Fernandez: So now we add the name of Francisco Rodriguez to those of Jimmy Doyle, Benny "Kid" Paret, Duk-Koo Kim and any number of others who discovered that a boxing match sometimes can become a fight to the death.
 
Autopsy today for boxer who died after bout
 
Boxer dies in Philly bout
 
Officials say TMI all clear
Posted 11/23/2009
With his father and brother standing nearby, a 25-year-old boxer suffered a fatal blow Friday at Philly's Blue Horizon. Francisco Rodriguez was pronounced dead on Sunday after being removed from life support.
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Police: Off-duty cop, attacked while breaking up fight, fatally shoots man
Posted 11/21/2009
It started off as a controversy. What followed was mostly high drama, but one humdinger of a boxing match ended tragically with one of the gallant main-event fighters being carried from the ring on a stretcher.
Winning is its own performance-enhancing drug. Tito Ortiz knows the feeling. Between 2000 and '02, Ortiz felt the high as the most feared light heavyweight, not only within the ranks of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, but in all of mixed-martial arts. The klieg and strobe lights of the UFC cast th
It might not be exactly true that Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins, like fine wine, is improving with age. But regardless of what Hopkins' birth certificate says, it is apparent that boxing's ageless wonder - he turns 45 on Jan. 15 - is more vibrant and full-bodied than other athletes of similar vintage.
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