| Date of fight | Name | Nationality | Opponent | Opponent's nationality | Details |
|---|
| 13 December 1926 | Daniel Marshall | UK}} | Joshua Lloyd-Doyle | UK}} | Died one day following his first professional fight due to injuries sustained. |
| 25 August 1930 | Frankie Campbell | US|1912}} | Max Baer | US|1912}} | 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 | US|1912}} | Primo Carnera | ITA|1861}} | 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.[2] |
| 16 July 1940 | Peter Asero | US|1912}} | Pete Muscarnera | US|1912}} | 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. [3] |
| 24 June 1947 | Jimmy Doyle | US|1912}} | Sugar Ray Robinson | US|1912}} | Died 17 hours after being knocked out.[1] |
| 02 February 1948 | Sam Baroudi | US|1912}} | Ezzard Charles | US|1912}} | 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.[4] |
| 22 February 1950 | Lavern Roach | US|1912}} | Georgie Small | US|1912}} | Lavern sustained a fatal head injury during the match and died the next day due to a subdural hemorrhage.[5] |
| 20 December 1950 | Sonny Boy West | US|1912}} | Percy Bassett | US|1912}} | West suffered from inter-cerebral hemorrhage resulting from a cerebral concussion and died the following day.[6] |
| 12 December 1954 | Ed Sanders | US|1912}} | Willie James | US|1912}} | Complained of headaches early in the day. Lost consciousness in the 11th round. Died after a long surgery to relieve bleeding in the brain.[7] |
| 24 March 1962 | Benny Paret | US}} | Emile Griffith | US}} | See Benny Paret vs. Emile Griffith III; Paret died of brain injuries 10 days later.[1][8] |
| 21 March 1963 | Davey Moore | US}} | Sugar Ramos | MEX|1934}} | Moore collapsed in the dressing room after the fight, and died 75 hours later.[1][8] |
| 11 March 1969 | Ulrich Regis | TRI}} | Joe Bugner | UK}} | Regis died four days after the fight following surgery to remove a blood clot.[1][8] |
| 2 February 1972 | Mick Pinkney | UK}} | Jim Moore | UK}} | Pinkney was knocked out in the fifth round and died after choking on his own blood.[1] |
| 19 July 1979 | Angelo Jacopucci | ITA}} | Alan Minter | UK}} | 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.[9] As a result of this, European title fights were limited to 12 rounds.[1][8] |
| 23 November 1979 | Willie Claasen | US}} | Wilford Scypion | US}} | Died following the fight.[1][8] |
| 9 January 1980 | Charles Newell | US}} | Marlon Starling | US}} | Died after being knocked out in the 7th round.[8] |
| 20 June 1980 | Cleveland Denny | GUY}} | Gaétan Hart | CAN}} | Died 16 days after being knocked out.[8] |
| 19 September 1980 | Johnny Owen | UK}} | Lupe Pintor | MEX}} | Owen was knocked out and died six weeks later without regaining consciousness.[1][8] |
| 7 May 1982 | Andy Balaba | PHI|1936}} | Hi-Sup Shin | KOR|1949}} | Died of injuries suffered in the fight.[8] |
| 14 June 1982 | Young Ali | NGA}} | Barry McGuigan | IRL}} | Collapsed in the ring, fell into a coma, and died from a blood clot two days later.[9][8] |
| 13 November 1982 | Kim Duk-koo | KOR|1949}} | Ray Mancini | US}} | Kim died four days after the fight. As a result of this, world championship fights were limited to 12 rounds.[1][8] |
| 1 September 1983 | Francisco Bejines | MEX}} | Alberto Dávila | US}} | Died of brain injuries.[1][8] |
| 29 May 1985 | Shawn Thomas | US}} | Chris Calvin | US}} | Died of head injuries.[1][8] |
| 2 November 1985 | Jacob Morake | RSA|1982}} | Brian Mitchell | RSA|1982}} | Died of head injuries.[1][8] |
| 29 November 1985 | Gerardo Derbez | MEX}} | Jorge Vaca | MEX}} | Knocked out and fell into a coma; died from brain injuries.[1][8] |
| 14 March 1986 | Steve Watt | UK}} | Rocky Kelly | UK}} | Died of brain injuries.[1][8] |
| 27 February 1987 | Jean-Claude Vinci | FRA}} | Lionel Jean | FRA}} | Vinci lost the fight on points, and died 30 minutes later.[1][8] |
| 14 June 1988 | Brian Baronet | RSA|1982}} | Kenny Vice | US}} | Fell into a coma after being knocked out and died 3 days later.[1][8] |
| 13 August 1988 | Daniel Thetele | RSA|1982}} | Aaron Williams | RSA|1982}} | Collapsed and died.[1][8] |
| 4 March 1989 | David Thio | CIV}} | Terrence Alli | US}} | Knocked out and died 10 days later.[1][8] |
| 17 August 1990 | Pat Stone | AUS}} | Gary Wills | AUS}} | Died of brain injuries the day after the fight.[1] |
| 27 May 1991 | Patrick Mdiniso | RSA|1982}} | Mongezi Mbadu | RSA|1982}} | Died after being knocked unconscious.[1][10] |
| 17 November 1991 | Clive Sikwebu | RSA|1982}} | Ndoda Mayende | RSA|1982}} | Died nine days after being knocked out.[1][10] |
| 1 December 1991 | Minoru Katsumata | JPN|1947}} | Takashi Murata | JPN|1947}} | Died after being knocked out in the 10th round.[1] It was his first professional fight.[11] |
| 26 April 1994 | Bradley Stone | UK}} | Richie Wenton | UK}} | Died from a blood clot.[1][9][8] |
| 22 July 1994 | Robert Wangila | KEN}} | David Gonzalez | US}} | Died after an operation to remove a blood clot from his brain.[1][8] |
| 6 May 1995 | Jimmy Garcia | COL}} | Gabriel Ruelas | MEX}} | Died 13 days later, due to a blood clot on the brain.[8] |
| 12 October 1995 | James Murray | UK}} | Drew Docherty | UK}} | Murray collapsed in the final round and died the next day.[9][8] |
| 13 December 1997 | Felix Bwalya | ZAM}} | Paul Burke | UK}} | Was knocked down three times in the final rounds; died 9 days later.[8] |
| 12 September 1999 | Randie Carver | US}} | Kabary Salem | EGY}} | 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.[12] |
| 23 June 2002 | Pedro Alcázar | PAN}} | Fernando Montiel | MEX}} | 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.[13] |
| 18 July 2003 | Brad Rone | US}} | Billy Zumbrun | US}} | 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.[14] |
| 1 July 2005 | Martín Sánchez | MEX}} | Rustam Nugaev | RUS}} | 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.[15] |
| 17 September 2005 | Leavander Johnson | US}} | Jesús Chávez | MEX}} | 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 [16] |
| 18 March 2006 | Kevin Payne | US}} | Ryan Maraldo | US}} | Payne died the following day following surgery after suffering a brain injury during the fight.[17] |
| 31 March 2007 | Lito Sisnorio | PHI}} | Chatchai Sasakul | THA|1917}} | 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.[18] |
| 25 December 2007 | Choi Yo-sam | KOR|1997}} | Heri Amol | INA}} | 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.[19] |
| 15 October 2008 | Daniel Aguillon | MEX}} | Alejandro Sanabria | MEX}} | 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.[20] |
| 30 April 2009 | Benjamín Flores | MEX}} | Al Seeger | US}} | Flores suffered a brain injury during the fight. He died from his injuries on 5 May 2009 [21] |
| 18 July 2009 | Marco Antonio Nazareth | MEX}} | Omar Chávez | MEX}} | 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.[22] |
| 20 November 2009 | Francisco Rodriguez | MEX}} | Teon Kennedy | US}} | 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.[23] |
| 5 December 2011 | Roman Simakov | RUS}} | Sergey Kovalev (boxer) | RUS}} | Simakov died of brain injuries after collapsing in the ring.[24] |
| 31 March 2012 | Muhammad Afrizal | INA}} | Irvan Barita Marbun | INA}} | 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.[25] |
| 17 July 2012 | Bae Ki-suk | KOR|1997}} | Jung Jun-ki | KOR|1997}} | 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 | UK}} | Tom Bowen | UK}} | Collapse in Round 5 died 6 April without regaining consciousness.[8] |
| 19 October 2013 | Francisco Leal | MEX}} | Raul Hirales | MEX}} | 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 | UK}} | Dale Evans | UK}} | Died the following day.[8] |
| 27 May 2017 | David Whittom | CAN|1965}} | Gary Kopas | CAN|1965}} | 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.[26] |
| 16 June 2017 | Tim Hague | CAN}} | Adam Braidwood | CAN}} | Was knocked down five times in the first two rounds; died two days later.[27] |
| 24 February 2018 | Scott Westgarth | UK}} | Dec Spelman | UK}} | 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.[28] |
| 5 November 2018 | Christian Daghio | ITA}}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.[29] |
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