Double ring death.

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The Scranton Assassin
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Double ring death.

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I was searching ring deaths in the boxrec encylopidia and found a bout in witch Newington Butts and his opponent a fighter known only as "Collins" both died from a bout held on may 5th 1800 in Newington England. i also found a startaling number of other bareknuckle fighters who died from fighting.
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I remember his being a topic a few years ago.
It seems these guys literally beat each other to death.
Corrales vs. Castillo must have looked like a balletclass compared to what Butts and Collins did to each other.

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