Sabado, Abril 11, 2020

Talaan ng mga sikat na boksingerong namatay sa aksidente sa kotse

TALAAN NG MGA SIKAT NA BOKSINGERONG NAMATAY SA AKSIDENTE SA KOTSE
Sanaysay at saliksik ni Gregorio V. Bituin Jr.

Marami na palang boksingerong namatay dahil sa aksidente sa kotse. Namatay habang nakasakay sa kotse, at namatay dahil nabangga ng kotse. Hindi sila namatay sa pakikipagbakbakan sa boxing ring, kundi sa aksidente sa kotse. Nalaman ko ito nang magsaliksik na ako sa internet. 

Nagkainteres akong isaliksik ito nang mapanood ko sa You Tube ang 25 Asian Boxers of All Time, na nasa kawing na https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy8k604Hk1k. Sa nasabing youtube. number 1 si Manny Pacquiao bilang greatest Asian Boxers of All Time.


Nasa ika-15 ranggo naman si Masao Oba, na ang nakasulat na detalye ay ito:

35-2-16 KO, WBA Flyweight Champion (5 defenses of Title). If wasn't for unexpected death he was highly regarded to become greatest Boxer from Japan. Died in a Car accident at the age of 23, 22 days after making his last fight. (Fun Fact: Salvador Sanchez as well shares these details. 2015 Oba was inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame.



Si Masao Oba, o Masao Ohba, ayon sa wikipedia ay ito:

Masao Ohba (大場 政夫, Ōba Masao, October 21, 1949 – January 25, 1973) was a professional boxer from Tokyo]], [[Japan. He became the WBA flyweight champion on October 22, 1970, defeating the reigning champion Berkrerk Chartvanchai in Tokyo and retained the championship for an impressive five title defenses. He died in a car accident at 23, still holding his world title. He was trained by Isamu Kuwata.

Nababasa ko na noon si Salvador Sánchez, at batid kong isa siya sa pinakasikat na boksingero ng kanyang panahon. At nabasa ko sa pahayagan noon ang kanyang pagkamatay dahil sa aksidente sa kotse. Ito ang deskripsyon ng wikipedia tungkol kay Salvador Sánchez:

Salvador Sánchez Narváez (January 26, 1959 – August 12, 1982) was a Mexican boxer born in the town of Santiago Tianguistenco, Estado de México. Sanchez was the WBC and lineal featherweight champion from 1980 to 1982. Many of his contemporaries as well as boxing writers believe that, had it not been for his premature death, Sánchez could have gone on to become the greatest Featherweight boxer of all time. Sánchez died on August 12, 1982 in a car accident from Querétaro to San Luis Potosí He is also the uncle of Salvador Sánchez II.


Kapwa edad 23 anyos sina Masao Ohba at Salvador Sánchez. kapwa namatay sa aksidente sa kotse, at parehong sinasabing kung hindi sila namatay ay magiging greatest boxer sila ng kanilang panahon.

Marami pang ibang boksingerong namatay sa aksidente sa kotse. Iba't iba ang dahilan. Si Pernell Whitaker ay tumatawid ng kalsada ng mabangga ng kotse. Nasagi naman ng kotse ang nagbibilikletang si Andrew "Six Head" Lewis.  Na-hit-and-run naman ang Irish champion boxer na si Kevin Sheehy. Mas marami ang nakasakay nang maaksidente ang kanilang kotse, nabangga sa poste, atbp. At may isang boksingero naman ang buhay nga ngunit nakapatay ng buntis habang nagmamaneho, na siyang nasa ika-20 at huli sa talaan.

Sa talaang ito, nauna ko nang natalakay batay sa unang nasaliksik sina #1 Masao Ohba, at #2 Salvador Sánchez. Muli, ang bilang # ay batay sa unang nasaliksik.

3. Pernell Whitaker (January 2, 1964 – July 14, 2019)
W L D record - 40 4 1 17 KOs

Pernell Whitaker, widely considered to be one of the greatest defensive boxers of all time, has died after being hit by a car. He was 55.

Whitaker was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006, and was a champion in four weight classes: lightweight, junior welterweight, welterweight and junior middleweight. The American was known as a brilliant defensive boxer with many opponents struggling to lay a hand on him. He retired in 2001 after three defeats in his final four fights with but he was in his prime in the 80s and 90s. He also won a gold medal as a lightweight at the 1984 Olympics.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jul/15/pernell-whitaker-killed-car-accident-boxer
4. David 'Tornado' Sanchez (February 2, 1992 – May 19, 2017)
W L D record - 31 4 2 23 KOs

Mexican boxer David 'Tornado' Sanchez killed in car crash

MEXICO CITY -- Authorities said former junior bantamweight interim titleholder David "Tornado" Sanchez and his brother were killed in a car crash in northern Mexico.

The World Boxing Association said Sanchez was 25 years old when he died on Friday. In an online statement, it called him a "great gladiator who still had a long way ahead."

5. Juan Carlos Batista (“Pacheco”)
W L D record - 25 2 0 18 KOs

Former Dominican boxer Batista dies in car crash
By Robert Coster

Former Dominican lightweight boxer Juan Carlos Batista (“Pacheco”) died in a car accident on Sunday. Batista ‘s career ranged from 2004 to 2013 with a record of 25-2, 18 KOs. Batista won his first 18 bouts and was WBA Caribbean Federation Champion in 2007, beating Mexican Arturo Gomez. Batista cut short his promising career due to a heart ailment. RIP.

6. Dmytro Lisovyi (August 14, 1995 - March 17, 2020)
W L D record - 20 13 0 1 KOs

Ukrainian boxer Lisovyi dies in car accident

On March 17, Ukrainian boxer Dmytro Lisovyi got into a fatal road accident in the Kyiv region. This was reported by the Ukrainian Boxing Federation.

Daewoo Lanos and Audi clashed on Kyiv-Znamenka highway near Kyiv. Lisovyi was behind the wheel and it was him who caused the accident.

"According to preliminary reports, a 22-year-old Daewoo driver went out during a forbidden red traffic signal and collided with an Audi car. As a result of the crash, a 22-year-old driver and a 24-year-old Daewoo passenger were killed at the scene. The driver of the second car is now in hospital," the police stated.

Dmytro Lisovyi was 22 years old. He is a three-time Ukrainian national championship silver medalist - in 2015, 2016, 2017.

7. Graciano 'Rocky' Rocchigiani (December 29, 1963 - October 3, 2018)
W L D record - 41 6 1 19 KOs

Former world champion boxer dies aged 54 after car accident in Italy
By Mirror: Wednesday, October 3rd 2018 at 12:50 GMT +3 | Boxing

Former world champion Graciano 'Rocky' Rocchigiani has passed away aged 54 after a fatal car accident.

The German boxer, who shared the ring with Chris Eubank and held world titles at super-middleweight and light heavyweight, is reported by Bild as passing away in Italy.

Rocky' was said to be a passenger in the car. He leaves behind a girlfriend and two children.

His Italian girlfriend meant he travelled regularly between Berlin and Italy.

8. Luis Rosa (April 27, 1991 - January 14, 2018)
W L D record - 23 1 0 11 KOs 

Featherweight Luis Rosa, 26, Died in Car Crash Sunday Morning
By Keith Idec  Published On Sun Jan 14, 2018, 12:59 PM EST

Featherweight contender Luis Rosa died in a car accident early Sunday morning.

Lou DiBella, Rosa’s promoter, confirmed Rosa’s death through Twitter on Sunday morning. Rosa was 26.

Born in Puerto Rico, Rosa lived in New Haven, Connecticut, and fought mostly in his home state, New York and New Jersey during his seven-year pro career. Rosa went 23-1, including 11 knockouts and two no-contests, during his career.

The rugged veteran lost for the first time as a pro in his most recent fight, a highly entertaining battle with Yuandale Evans that Showtime televised November 10 from Evans’ native Cleveland. Rosa lost that closely contested, 10-round bout by split decision to Evans (20-1, 14 KOs).

9. Jack Johnson (March 31, 1878 - June 10, 1946)
W L D record - 56 11 8 35 KOs

JUNE 10, 1946: JACK JOHNSON DIED IN CAR CRASH ON U.S. HIGHWAY 1 NEAR FRANKLINTON, NC
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June 10, 1946: Jack Johnson died in a car crash on U.S. Highway 1 near Franklinton, North Carolina, a small town near Raleigh, after racing angrily from a diner that refused to serve him. He was taken to the closest black hospital, Saint Agnes Hospital in Raleigh. He was 68 years old at the time of his death.

He was buried next to Etta Duryea Johnson at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago. His grave was initially unmarked, but a stone that bears only the name “Johnson” now stands above the plots of Jack, Etta, and Irene Pineau.

John Arthur (“Jack”) Johnson , nicknamed the Galveston Giant, was a boxer. At the height of the Jim Crow era, Johnson became the 1st African American world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915).

In a documentary about his life, Ken Burns notes that “for more than thirteen years, Jack Johnson was the most famous and the most notorious African-American on Earth.”

While incarcerated, Johnson found need for a tool that would help tighten loosened fastening devices, and modified a wrench for the task. He patented his improvements on April 18, 1922, as US Patent 1,413,121.


TRIVIA: Sa talaan ng boxrec.com, may 25 Jack Johnson na boksingero, at sa baba ay may nakasulat na 464 fighters, na ibig sabihin, kayraming Jack Johnson na boksingero, na galing sa US, Britain, Canada, at iba pang bansa. May bantamwight, welterweight, superlightweight, atbp. Upang makita, pakipindot ang kawing na https://boxrec.com/en/quick_search, at isulat ang pangalang Jack Johnson.

10. Greg Torres (November 11, 1974 - August 18, 2003)
W L D record - 15 2 0 7 KOs

Trenton boxer who died in car crash receives N.J. hall of fame honors
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman sulaiman@Trentonian.com @Sabdurr on Twitter Nov 8, 2019 

TRENTON — The promising city boxer who died in a tragic multi-vehicle crash 16 years ago will be inducted into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame next week.

The late Gregorio “Greg” Torres, 28, who lived on North Stockton Street in Trenton’s North Ward, is one of 14 fighters to be honored at the Nov. 14 induction ceremony at Venetian catering hall in Garfield, Bergen County.

The 132-pound lightweight dominated the ring and compiled a 15-2 professional boxing record before his life was cut short Aug. 18, 2003, in a six-vehicle crash on Interstate 195 in Hamilton.

Torres’ biggest wins were against legendary boxer Derrick Gainer in a 1994 non-title bout and against former super bantamweight champion Kennedy McKinney in April 2003.

11. Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis (December 14, 1973 - May 4, 2015)
W L D record - 23 4 2 20

Former boxing champ, ‘Six Head’, killed in accident
May 05, 2015

The local boxing world was thrown into grief yesterday after news that former Guyanese and World Boxing Association (WBA) Welterweight champion, Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis, was killed in a car accident along the East Bank Demerara Public Road. Lewis, 44, whose career peaked in February 2001 after defeating James Page and becoming world champion at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, was declared dead twice by doctors yesterday.

12. Kevin Sheehy
W L D record - 3 3 0 0 KOs

Limerick man killed in fatal hit-and-run named locally as Irish champion boxer Kevin Sheehy

A man has appeared in court charged with murdering Irish boxing champion Kevin Sheehy in a hit-and-run incident in Limerick last Monday.

Man charged with murder of Limerick boxer Kevin Sheehy

Mr Sheehy, a five times Irish boxing champion, died after being struck by a vehicle at Hyde Road on the south side of the city. His body was discovered lying in the road at about 4.40am on Monday.

13. Bekzat Sattarkhanov

Boxing champion killed in crash

Kazakhstan's Olympic featherweight boxing champion Bekzat Sattarkhanov died in a car crash in the Kazakh capital Astana on New Year's Eve.

Russia's Itar-Tass news agency reported that the 20-year-old was killed on the highway between the towns of Shymkent and Turkestan. They said two passengers in his car were unhurt.

Sattarkhanov won his gold medal on 1 October in the most controversial final of the Sydney Games when he beat world champion Ricardo Juarez of the United States on points 22-14.

The United States team officials demanded that the result should be overturned because of excessive holding by Sattarkhanov.

The result stood, but the Russian referee in charge was suspended from international competition for four years.

Sattarkhanov also won a silver at the 1998 World Championships.

14. Leonardo Javier Gonzalez (December 1, 1974 - November 2, 2019)
W L D record - 15 5 0 5

Boxing Champion Dead After Shocking Car Accident
November 7, 2019  Juan Fernandez Mayes

This is the moment a former boxing champion suffers a shocking car accident when the car he is travelling in flips onto its side and crashes into a lamppost.

Former Argentine World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Latino Champion Leonardo Javier Gonzalez, 44, died in the early hours of Sunday 3rd November in Tigre, a town in the Buenos Aires province in Argentina.

In the video, the car the former champions was travelling in can be seen out of control instants before violently crashing into a barrier.


15. Cashmere Jackson

‘One of the greatest amateur boxers’ killed in bizarre car accident
by: Kevin Freeman
Posted: Jul 17, 2014 / 10:26 PM EDT / Updated: Jul 17, 2014 / 10:26 PM EDT

CLEVELAND -- A nationally renowned female boxer is killed in a bizarre car accident.  One woman was arrested after an incident that police say began as an argument and fender bender.

"She won three national titles. She won USA National three years in a row, then she went to the world, and got a bronze metal in Russia," said Renard Safo, who coached and trained 26-year-old Cashmere Jackson.

Safo says boxing was her passion.

"She started when she was 14 years old," Safo said.

16. Carlos Monzon (August 7, 1942 - January 8, 1995)
W L D record - 87 3 9 59 KOs

CARLOS MONZON, THE IRON ARGENTINIAN (ARGENTINA)
Monzon joins the list of great Latin American legends that had a tragic end. This Argentinian was a middleweight world champion between 1970 and 1977. He defended his crown in 14 fights and prevailed over the best boxers at the time (from Emile Griffith, to Benny Briscoe and Cuban Jose “Butter” Napoles). He totaled 87 wins and 3 defeats. In 1990, he was included in the International Boxing Hall of Fame and, according to “The Ring”, he occupies the eleventh position among the best boxers of all time, pound by pound.

Away from the ring, Monzon left a sad image because he murdered his couple and was sentenced to spend 11 years in jail. In 1995, during a work session, he died in a car accident.

17. Carlos Daniel Perez

Boxing champ, 14, dies from injuries suffered in van crash on I-5
by KVAL News, Saturday, January 18th 2014

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - A teenage boxer who won state and regional titles and hoped to compete in a national championship later this month has died.

Carlos Daniel Perez was 14.

The boxer died Friday, January 24, from injuries sustained when his boxing gym's van collided with a tanker truck on Interstate 5 on Saturday, January 18.

Perez had been in critical condition in the ICU at a Portland hospital since the crash.

"I loved Carlos like he was my own son. I was very very proud of him," Heron Mendez said Friday.

Mendez coached the young boxer and was driving when the van collided with the tanker truck.

"He was one of the most humble kids I've ever come across," he said. "Very hard worker. Everything he did, he put out to the max. He was just one of the greatest kids and fighter I have ever come across.

"I pray that God takes care of him, because I know that he'll be sitting next to God."

"My focus is on nationals but after that, hopefully I get to go to the Olympics and win that. And then, maybe one day I'll be a world champion," Perez said in an interview just days before the crash.

Perez spends hours practicing his skills at Mendez Boxing Club, which is housed in space donat

18. Kamel Kalenovic 

NY champion boxer killed in hit-and-run accident in the Bronx
Posted: Jan 01, 2007 11:32 AM CST

The life of a New York State champion boxer came to a tragic end in a hit-and-run accident Sunday.Family members of 27-year-old Kamel Kalenovic say he was a fighter with a bright future. That is until he was struck by a car outside of the Moonlight Restaurant and Bar on Cresent and Belmont avenues. Kalenovic?s uncle says his nephew had broken up a fight inside the bar and was standing on the sidewalk around 5 a.m. His uncle says one of the men that had been fighting then got into his SUV and drove up onto the sidewalk, heading right towards Kalenovic. He says his nephew was hit and dragged by the SUV to a tree where he hit his head. The car then sped off. Kalenovic was taken to Saint Barnabas Hospital where he died.Kalenovic?s family says he was from Yugoslavia and he immigrated to the United States when he was 15 years old. Kalenovic won the New York State Walterweight Boxing title last year. His trainer says he was set to begin training again at the Morris Park

19. A group of Sonoran boxers

Sonoran boxers died in an accident
BOXBY  GLADYS TRUJILLO


MARCH 10, 2020 / 2: 14 PM

A group of Sonoran boxers died in a car accident.

It was an amateur boxing team originating from Puerto Peñasco, Sonora. This group was returning from a regional competition.

The accident would have happened shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday, as the emergency call was received at 2:20.

29 people were traveling on the bus, of which 6 were killed, including coach Jonathan Oros, a character especially recognized in Sonora for his boxing work, but well positioned within the appreciation of the country's coaches.

Ernesto Munro, mayor of Puerto Peñasco, issued the order to assist the relatives of the deceased, as well as those who were injured. He requested immediate attention for the needs of each person affected by the accident.

10 people were injured, six minors and four adults (within the same group of Sonoran boxers), who are being treated for their different injuries.

Even the super flyweight champion of the World Boxing Council, Juan Francisco Gallo Estrada, pointed out that one of the wounded is his 12-year-old nephew and asked for prayers for him, because he is in poor health.

The country's boxing community has expressed its condolences for this accident.


Panghuli, di namatay, kundi nahatulan ang boksingerong si Marcos Forestal-Coutin dahil sa pagbangga ng kanyang kotse sa isang buntis na agad namatay.

WBF boxing champion gets 10 years for drunken crash that killed woman, unborn child

Boxing champion Marcos Forestal-Coutin was sentenced Thursday in a Southern California courtroom to 10 years in prison in the 2018 drunken driving deaths of a woman and her unborn child.

Forestal, 29, of Burbank, pleaded guilty in March to gross vehicular manslaughter while driving under the influence. The 10-year prison term is the maximum sentence under California law, said Riverside County District Attorney’s officials.

Riverside County District Attorney’s officials announced the sentence in the Sept. 9, 2018, head-on collision in Hemet that killed Krystil Kincaid, 29, of San Jacinto, and Kincaid’s unborn daughter, whom Krystil and husband Zach Kincaid, planned to name Avalynn Onix. Hemet is approximately 90 miles southeast of Los Angeles.

Krystill Kincaid was eight months pregnant. She was on speakerphone with her husband when Forestal’s BMW swerved into her lane and collided with her minivan, her husband would later say.


Maraming sikat na boksingero ang namatay sa aksidente sa kotse. may kasabihan nga, "If you drive, don't drink. If you drink, don't drive." Ito'y paalala, hindi lamang sa mga boksingero, kundi sa lahat ng nagmamaneho upang maiwasan ang aksidenteng maaaring magdulot ng kamatayan.

Maraming boksingerong naitala rito ang namatay nang maaga o bata pa. Nariayn sina Masao Ohba, 23; Salvador Sánchez, 23, David 'Tornado' Sanchez, 25; Dmytro Lisovyi, 24; Luis Rosa, 26; Greg Torres, 28; Carlos Daniel Perez, 14; at ang mga amateur na boksingero mula  Puerto Peñasco, Sonora.

Mag-ingat sa pagmamaneho at mag-ingat sa pagtawid sa kalsada. Kailangan ding huwag mainit ang ulo sa pagmamaneho at trapik, tulad ng nangyari nang binaril ni Rolito Go ang estudyanteng si Eldon Maguan ilang dekada na ang nakararaan.

Kahit ang humahamon ngayon kay WBA Welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, na si IBF and WBC Welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. ay naaksidente sa kanyang Ferrari dahil siya'y nagmamaneho ng nakainom o lasing.

Ang mga talaang naririto ng mga boksingerong mamatay, sana'y hindi na madagdagan pa. Subalit paano nga ba maiiwasan ang mga aksidente sa kotse o sa anumang sasakyan, tulad ng bus, trak, motorsiklo at bisikleta?

Sa artikulong "7 Tips on How to Avoid a Car Accident" ay ganito ang kanilang payo:

(1) Limit distractions. There are so many distractions in our lives these days. Using your cell phone, texting, and fiddling with the radio or GPS should all be done when you are at a complete stop or avoided altogether.  Give 100% of your attention to the road.  The text message can wait.  Your friends and loved ones should understand that you are driving and that your safety and the safety of others is far more important.

(2) Scan the area and beware of blind spots. Make certain that your mirrors are in the correct position. However, you shouldn’t put complete faith in your mirrors. Quickly turn around and look before changing lanes or entering the highway to make certain that you are not about to pull out in front of someone.  Also, try to avoid the blind spots of other drivers, especially semi-trucks.  If you can, limit the length of time that you have to be in their blind spot.

(3) Limit nighttime driving. No matter how good your eyes are, night driving is still more difficult and comes with a higher risk of accidents. Not only is your visibility reduced when it’s dark out, but also drunk drivers tend to be out on the roads much more during this time.  If you have to drive after midnight, make sure you stay extra alert for reckless drivers.

(4) Avoid the fast lane if possible. Did you know that most highway accidents occur in the far left lane? Many people just speed too fast in that particular lane.  If you are in the center or far right lanes, you are more able to maneuver away from a potentially dangerous situation than if you are in the fast lane.

(5) Never assume. Never just assume that a driver is going to stop or turn. It’s better to assume they may not!  For example, when going through a red light, still look both ways to check if anyone is going to run the light.  Not only do drunk drivers often run red lights, but so do distracted drivers.  Remember, it may be an accident that their turn signal is even on.  Better to drive cautiously.

(6) Keep your car in tip-top condition. Always stay up-to-date with car checkups by taking it to an experienced auto technician in your area.  Also, don’t drive on old tires that could blowout at any moment, potentially causing a wreck.  Get any odd noises checked out before getting on the highway.  Take pride in your vehicle and do all you can to make sure it is running properly.

(7) Learn to maneuver like a racecar driver! Perhaps surprisingly, car experts often advise drivers to improve their driving skills by attending a high performance driving school. Edmunds states, “You’ll learn what it feels like to drive a car ‘at the limits’ and have an opportunity to practice accident avoidance maneuvers and skid recovery in a safe, controlled environment.  Understanding how to make your car do what you want it to do in emergency situations could save your life.”


Sana'y nakatulong ang ilang payo upang maiwasan ang aksidente sa sasakyan. At nawa'y wala nang mamatay pa dahil lasing na nagmamaneho, o mabangga, o mawalan ng preno. Naligtasan man nila ang mga suntok ng kalaban, subalit hindi sila nakaligtas sa aksidente sasakyan.

Maraming salamat sa iyong pagbabasa, at sana'y kapulutan din ito ng aral, kahit munti man.

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