{"id":857121,"date":"2026-08-13T23:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T23:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/857121\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T23:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T23:20:14","slug":"boxer-prichard-colon-dead-at-33-years-after-catastrophic-brain-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/857121\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxer Prichard Col\u00f3n Dead At 33, Years After Catastrophic Brain Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Prichard Col\u00f3n<br \/>\n                          Former Boxer Dead At 33 Years Old<br \/>\n                          &#8230; Years After Catastrophic Brain Injury<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              August 13, 2026<br \/>\n                            10:56 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260813_02a3d23aa8794003908b4fdb09034ba5\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:21d5334a-d3e6-4a7d-8b78-2c7e49a33181\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02a3d23aa8794003908b4fdb09034ba5_md.jpg\" alt=\"main-Prichard-Colon-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former boxer Prichard Col\u00f3n, once a rising star, died after more than a decade battling the devastating effects of a traumatic brain injury suffered in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>He was only 33.<\/p>\n<p>Col\u00f3n&#8217;s dad and former trainer, Richard, announced the heartbreaking news on social media, writing &#8230; \u201cGood morning, everyone. I regret to inform you of the passing of my son Prichard from this earthly world. He is now in a better place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260813_5957715bad2c413bb6d5dc28303905de\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:21d5334a-d3e6-4a7d-8b78-2c7e49a33181\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5957715bad2c413bb6d5dc28303905de_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-Prichard-Colon-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>He continued &#8230; &#8220;Thank you for so many years of love and prayers. As much as you can, please keep us in your prayers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Col\u00f3n was once one of boxing\u2019s hottest prospects. The junior middleweight ripped through the ranks with an unblemished 16-0 record with 13 knockouts &#8230; and many around the sport pegged him as a future champion.<\/p>\n<p>Tragically, everything changed on October 17, 2015 &#8230; when Prichard fought Terrel Williams.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260813_084ddc19bc0a47309d5c0595ca7a06aa\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:21d5334a-d3e6-4a7d-8b78-2c7e49a33181\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/084ddc19bc0a47309d5c0595ca7a06aa_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-Prichard-Colon-getty-3\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the controversial bout, Williams struck Col\u00f3n\u00a0in the back of the head numerous times &#8230; before dropping the undefeated fighter twice later in the fight.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, Col\u00f3n\u00a0became dizzy, vomited, and collapsed in the locker room before being rushed to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors discovered a subdural hematoma, and he was rushed into emergency surgery, as docs desperately tried to relieve the swelling.<\/p>\n<p>Col\u00f3n\u00a0spent 221 days in a coma &#8230; and when he finally woke up, he wasn&#8217;t able to walk or talk.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260813_fb6cc728fde8430f909fd396986e1a26\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:21d5334a-d3e6-4a7d-8b78-2c7e49a33181\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fb6cc728fde8430f909fd396986e1a26_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-Prichard-Colon-getty-2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>He spent the rest of his life under the near-constant care of his parents.<\/p>\n<p>Prichard&#8217;s exact cause of death is unclear.<\/p>\n<p>R.I.P.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prichard Col\u00f3n Former Boxer Dead At 33 Years Old &#8230; Years After Catastrophic Brain Injury Published August 13,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,44,82,865,866],"class_list":["post-857121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-tmz-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}