{"id":380852,"date":"2026-07-21T12:12:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380852\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:12:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:12:28","slug":"professional-boxer-hannah-rapp-killed-in-crash-while-a-riding-bicycle-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380852\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional boxer Hannah Rapp killed in crash while a riding bicycle in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The driver was charged with manslaughter in connection with her death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Brazos County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said the 31-year-old driver reportedly passed by two bicyclists, including Rapp, before he stopped and reversed his vehicle, striking the boxer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wthr.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>First responders attempted life-saving care on Rapp before she was rushed to a hospital, where she later died.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation into the crash is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>The World Boxing Council called Rapp&#8217;s death a &#8220;painful loss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The loss of Hannah Rapp leaves us heartbroken. She was an exceptional boxer, but above all, an invaluable member of our boxing family,&#8221; WBC President Mauricio Sulaim\u00e1n said in a news release. &#8220;We join in the grief that overwhelms her loved ones, her team, and all those who had the privilege of knowing and supporting her throughout her brilliant career.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As a professional boxer, Rapp recorded eight wins, including five knockouts, while only recording one loss. Her one loss came to WBC World Featherweight Champion Tiara Brown.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know I will be WORLD CHAMP someday!!&#8221; Rapp wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The driver was charged with manslaughter in connection with her death.\u00a0 The Brazos County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-380852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}