The Tragic Death Of Boxer Duk-Koo Kim

Ray Mancini wasn't blamed by Kim's close aides when the latter died days later after the fight despite receiving medical attention and undergoing brain surgery.They felt that Mancini didn't plan on killing Kim and it was simply an accident. However, many of Kim's friendschose to walk away from boxing after losing him.

Ray Mancini wasn't blamed by Kim's close aides when the latter died days later after the fight despite receiving medical attention and undergoing brain surgery. They felt that Mancini didn't plan on killing Kim and it was simply an accident. However, many of Kim's friends chose to walk away from boxing after losing him.

As explained in an ESPN article, doctors tried to decode the circumstances around Kim's death. It was believed that the fight did have brutal moments but was not necessarily different from what other boxing scuffles have. In fact, Kim's tragic death is considered an incident that's difficult to understand in the boxing world. It affected Mancini to the point that he couldn't continue with his boxing career much longer after the incident and quit early. However, the tragic incident did lead to a few changes such as the World Boxing Council restricting bouts to 12 rounds instead of 15 to prevent similar incidents. WBC Champion, Larry Holmes said back then,”It will cut down on injuries for a lot of fighters, but it will take away from the true champions. A true champion can go 15 rounds.”

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