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A 27-year-old boxer died Thursday after spending three weeks in a medically induced coma following his final battle.
Heavyweight Ardi Ndembo was knocked unconscious throughout his April 5 battle in opposition to Nestor Santana in Miami.
He was then transported to a neighborhood hospital the place he was put right into a coma, however he died earlier this week.
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Three crimson BBE boxing gloves. (David Davies – PA Photos / PA Photos through Getty Photos)
“We at Viva Promotions mourn the lack of Ardi Ndembo, a proficient Congolese boxer who tragically handed away after a knockout in a Crew Fight League match on April 5,” the promotion stated in an announcement through the New York Publish. “He remained in a medically induced coma till his premature dying. RIP Ardi Ndembo!”
Floyd Mayweather’s uncle, Jeff, works with the Crew Fight League on the identical crew that Ndembo represented when he fought.
“Boxing is a sport you develop up loving, however there are such a lot of dangers concerned,” Mayweather instructed The Solar. “Anybody can lose their life due to boxing. When one thing like this occurs, the entire world wakes up.
Boxing gloves mendacity on a mat in a boxing ring. (Fernando Lavoz/NurPhoto through Getty Photos)
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“I do not suppose boxing is a nasty sport as a result of you possibly can die in any sport. Should you drive a race automobile at 200 miles per hour, if it slips additionally, you will die. You’ll be able to die in any sport, however in boxing a brutal sport.”
The league gave the fighter a 10-bell salute and can match donations to a GoFundMe as much as $25,000.
The boxing ring forward of the rematch between Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine and Anthony Joshua of Nice Britain throughout the ‘Rage on the Pink Sea’ boxing matches on the Tremendous Dome Corridor of the King Abdullah Sports activities Advanced in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on August 20 . 2022. (Ayman Yaqoob/Anadolu Company through Getty Photos)
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Ndembo, a Congolese, entered the competition earlier this month at 8-0. He’s survived by his spouse and two kids.
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