Eighteen-year-old Mexican boxer Jeanette Zacarias Zapata died in Canada on Thursday after suffering repeated blows to the head during her weekend match at IGA Stadium …
Eighteen-year-old Mexican boxer Jeanette Zacarias Zapata died in Canada on Thursday after suffering repeated blows to the head during her weekend match at IGA Stadium in Montreal with opponent Marie-Pier Houle. GYM Gala International Boxing event promoter Groupe Yvon Michel released a statement Thursday mourning the young boxer’s death, according to Fox News. “It is with great sadness and torment that we learned, from a representative of her family, that Jeanette Zacarias passed away this afternoon at 3:45 p.m.,” Michel’s statement read. “We would like to offer our most sincere condolences to her family, loved ones, friends and especially her husband Jovanni Martinez who was at her bedside until her last moments.
