Filipino boxer dies
NZPA Manila A Filipino professional boxer died in hospital yesterday after collapsing during a bout last Saturday, the fifth Filipino boxer in six months to die in the sport, the official Philippine news agency said. Nestor, Lepiten, aged 22, who collapsed in the sixth round of a scheduled
a 1 10-round bout in the central - province of Cebu, died from a a blood clot which developed i in his brain. He died without s regaining consciousness. e The Philippine Games and s Amusement Board has summoned the officials of the !, bout and is conducting an h official investigation into the d cause of the boxer’s death.
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