Friday, June 06, 2008

Boxing = murder

   When the Jamaican Danny Tucker entered the ring against Reynald Cantin at the Paul Sauve arena on June 26, 1971 he surely never imagined that it would be the last thing he did. Ref Rosario Baillergeon stopped the bout near the end and Tucker was brought to the Maisonneuve hospital where they operated on him for a brain hemorrhage. No luck. He died.
   "It's really a shame. He should have given up sooner," said the victor.
   Cantin suffered an injury a few months later and quit boxing at 21 after his face was partially paralyzed.

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