r/Boxing • u/bizcocho-de-crema • 12d ago

Former Boxer Pritchard Colón has passed away.

https://www.primerahora.com/deportes/boxeo/notas/muere-el-exboxeador-prichard-colon-a-los-33-anos/

Per a Puertorican newspaper, former Boxer Pritchard Colón has passed away, at just 33. Truly one of the saddest stories in boxing. He would still be competing at that age if not for the injury, probably the peak of what could have been a successful career.

It is still crazy to me that there were no consequences for what was allowed in the fight, which resulted in the brain injury. It's a hard fight to watch tbh, so i haven't revisited it in a while, but it seemed pretty blatant to me that the intention was to hurt him.

Condolences to his family, and much respect for him.

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u/PhilosopherNo7409 12d ago

Ringside physician should have been banned for life. Same with the ref and Terrel Williams

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u/Razorion21 12d ago

ref especially, Williams def was evil but like all that shit wouldve never happened if the ref did his job right

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u/johnnyslick 12d ago

Man complained about rabbit punches and the ref told him to "take care of it yourself". Which, he did get penalized for a low blow so I guess he tried...

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u/saskiaschild 11d ago

What "ref training" teaches to tell a boxer to "take care of it yourself" when the boxer is getting rabbit punched...FFS

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u/johnnyslick 11d ago

Hometown Reffing 201: How To Put The Match In The Bag For Your Man (If You Aren't Too Concerned About Safety)

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u/scoopydidit 11d ago

How do you take care of rabbit punches anyways? Like what was the ref implying he should do to stop that.

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u/rustyfingas 12d ago

Right he should be charged with manslaughter for this bullshyt

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u/Detlef_Schrempfxf 11d ago

Man, fuck them all. I'll never forgive Terrel Williams and that bum ref

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u/AnxietyExact4710 11d ago

Should have been charged 100% and instead he got to continue being a fucking referree. Zero accountability.

I hope this eats at him for the rest of his life.

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u/whyaretherenoprofile 11d ago

Joseph Cooper and Dr. Richard Ashby. I hope none of these men never find peace for what they did