Questions are being asked about safety procedures in Zimbabwean boxing following the death of Taurai Zimunya after he was knocked out in a f...
Questions are being asked about safety procedures in Zimbabwean boxing following the death of Taurai Zimunya after he was knocked out in a fight in Harare.
Super bantamweight Zimunya, 24, died on Monday, having
collapsed during a professional non-title bout on Saturday.
It is the first time a boxer has died in Zimbabwe from
injuries sustained in the ring.
Lawrence Zimbudzana, the general secretary of the Zimbabwe
National Boxing and Wrestling Control Board (ZNBWCB), says that plans for an
inquiry are yet to be addressed.
"For now we will focus on the burial, and then we will sit down and look at the issues," Zimbudzana told BBC Sport Africa at Zimunya's burial on Wednesday.
Zimunya took several blows to the head before being knocked
out in the third round of a six-round fight.
His former trainer Tatenda Gada was devastated, feeling he had great potential. BBC
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