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A 27-year-old boxer died connected Thursday aft spending 3 weeks successful a medically induced coma from his past fight.
Heavyweight Ardi Ndembo was knocked unconscious during his April 5 bout against Nestor Santana successful Miami.
He was past transported to a section hospital, wherever he was placed successful a coma, but he died earlier this week.
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Three reddish BBE boxing gloves. (David Davies - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)
"We astatine Viva Promotions mourn nan nonaccomplishment of Ardi Ndembo, a talented Congolese boxer who tragically passed distant aft a knockout successful a Team Combat League lucifer connected April 5," nan promotion said successful a statement, via nan New York Post. "He remained successful an induced coma until his untimely death. RIP Ardi Ndembo!"
Floyd Mayweather's uncle, Jeff, useful pinch nan Team Combat League connected nan aforesaid squad that Ndembo represented erstwhile he fought.
"Boxing’s a athletics wherever you turn up watching it and loving it, but there’s truthful overmuch consequence involved," Mayweather told The Sun. "Anyone tin suffer their life from boxing. When thing for illustration this happens, it wakes up nan full entire world.
Boxing gloves laying connected a mat wrong a boxing ring. (Fernando Lavoz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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"I don’t deliberation boxing’s a bad sport, because you tin dice successful immoderate sport. You thrust a title car astatine 200 mph, if it slides, you’re going to die, too. You tin dice successful immoderate sport, but boxing is simply a sadistic sport."
The convention gave nan combatant a 10-bell salute and is matching donations made to a GoFundMe up to $25,000.
The boxing ringing up of nan heavyweight unification rematch betwixt Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine and Anthony Joshua of Great Britain wrong nan 'Rage connected nan Red Sea' boxing competitions astatine nan King Abdullah Sports Complex's Super Dome Hall successful Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, connected August 20, 2022. (Ayman Yaqoob/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Ndembo, who was Congolese, was 8-0 entering nan conflict earlier this month. He is survived by his woman and 2 children.
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