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Boxer dies after title fight defeat

Boxing star Sagai JockeyGym died of a brain haemorrhage on Monday night in Japan after a TKO defeat to reigning champion, Japanese Niki Kasueyoshi in a super bantamweight bout challenging Niki's title. ...full story at The Nation

from The Nation on Tue, Oct 13 2009

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