{"id":860019,"date":"2026-08-16T09:38:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T09:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/860019\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T09:38:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T09:38:03","slug":"prichard-colon-boxer-left-with-brain-damage-after-2015-fight-dies-aged-33-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/860019\/","title":{"rendered":"Prichard Col\u00f3n, boxer left with brain damage after 2015 fight, dies aged 33 | Boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The boxing world was in mourning Friday following the death of Puerto Rican fighter Prichard Col\u00f3n at the age of 33, 11 years after he sustained brain damage in the only defeat of his professional career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Col\u00f3n\u2019s death was confirmed in statements by the World <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/boxing\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boxing<\/a> Council and the World Boxing Organization late Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">In October 2015, Col\u00f3n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2015\/oct\/18\/prichard-colon-critical-condition-brain-bleed\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">suffered a brain bleed<\/a> in a light-middleweight fight against Terrel Williams in the Washington DC suburb of Fairfax, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Col\u00f3n underwent surgery to relieve pressure on his brain and the WBC said he sustained \u201cirreversible neurological damage\u201d because of what the governing body described as \u201csevere, illegal blows to the back of the head.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">He never fought again and was later pictured in a wheelchair. The WBC named him an honorary world champion.<\/p>\n<p>Prichard Col\u00f3n is taken for a stroll by his father Richard Colon around the neighborhood in Winter Park, Florida, in 2017. Photograph: The Washington Post\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cThe \u2018Champion of the Heart\u2019 became a global symbol of resilience, faith, and dignity,\u201d said the WBC, which added that the incident involving Col\u00f3n inspired the governing body to reinforce its safety regulations and implement stricter medical protocols.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The WBC praised his family for its support in \u201cone of the most moving and outstandingly brave battles for life the world has ever witnessed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The WBO described Col\u00f3n as \u201ca warrior until the very end\u201d and said his \u201ccourage, strength and fighting spirit transcended the ring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cHis greatest fight became a testament to resilience and the unwavering love of his family,\u201d the WBO added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Before the fight against Williams, Col\u00f3n collected 16 straight wins, including 13 knockouts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">He lost by disqualification against Williams because his cornermen removed his gloves after the 10th round, believing the contest to be over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The boxing world was in mourning Friday following the death of Puerto Rican fighter Prichard Col\u00f3n at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-860019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860019","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=860019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}