Deaths in 2007

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Deaths of boxing-related figures occurring in 2007.

== December 2007 ==
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*[[George Latka]], 93, American boxer fought as a lightweight between 1937 and 1942. Later became a referee in California, heart attack.

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*[[Hank Kaplan]], 88, Hall of fame boxing historian and archivist
*[[Jerry Wright]], 70, American boxing judge
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*[[Chuck Hassett]], 72, American referee and judge

== November 2007 ==
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*[[Leopoldo Correa]], 68, St. Luke's Hospital in Quezon City Philippines, Manager of Manny Pacquiao's early career,
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*[[Imre Nagy]], 52, Hungarian referee and judge, brain tumor/aneurysm.

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*[[Ernie Williams]],71, Washington DC lightweight of the 1950s.

Eric (The Prince) Martin]], 49, San Francisco, California. Light Welterweight, diabetes.

== October 2007 ==
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*[[Willie Cruz]], 35, of Puerto Rico, shot to death in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.

== September 2007 ==
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*[[Jimmy Carroll]], light heavyweight, after a long illness in his home town of Stockport, Manchester, England.
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*[[Jackson Bussell]], 28, died in hospital after a fight against Javier Garcia.
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*[[Israel Crespo]], 21, Lancaster, Pennsylvania boxer, shot to death.[http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/209571]

== August 2007 ==
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*[[Amanda Lyons]], 20, Conway, Arkansas Super flyweight compiled an 0-4 record in 2007, car accident.[http://www.boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=68709]

== July 2007 ==
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*[[James Oyebola]], 46, 1980s and 1990s Heavyweight, was shot in a London club and died in the hospital
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*[[Pete Mead]], 83, 1940s middleweight contender from Grand Rapids, Michigan.

== June 2007 ==
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*[[Jim Hegerle]], 71, St. Paul, Minnesota middleweight boxed between 1954 and 1962, compiling a record of 34-16-3 (18 KOs), cancer.[http://www.twincities.com/north/ci_6374781]
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*[[Max Murvanick]], 102, Meriden, Connecticut featherweight boxer.[http://www.courant.com/news/local/hcu-boxerdeath-0626,0,741617.story?track=rss]
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*[[Hugo Pastor Corro]], 53, Argentine boxer held the World Middleweight title between 1978 and 1979.
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*[[Chasimeros]], 44, Indonesian lightweight, suicide.

== May 2007 ==
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*[[Sugar Cliff]], 72, Bahamian welterweight, boxed from the 1950s through the 1970s.
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*[[Gene Parker]], 76, Indianapolis, Indiana lightweight of the 1950s.
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*[[Diego Corrales]], 29, former Super featherweight and lightweight world champion, motorcycle accident.[http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2863505]

== April 2007 ==
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*[[Von Clay]], 67, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Light heavyweight contender during the early 1960s
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*[[Buddy Turman]], 73, Tyler, Texas heavyweight of the 1950s and 1960s.
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*[[Jimmy Martinez]], 78, Phoenix, Arizona middleweight, boxed from 1950 to 1959.

== March 2007 ==
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*[[Lito Sisnorio]], 24, Philippine Super Flyweight, died of injuries after a bout against [[Chatchai Sasakul]] in Thailand.
*[[Deeden Kengkarun]], 28, Surin, Thailand, boxed from 1995 to 2005 and again in March 2007. Suffered convulsions and passed away in Bangkok, Thailand.
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*[[Carol Castellano]], American boxing judge
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*[[Annis Dwi Mulya]], 27, Indonesian featherweight, died of injuries five days after being stopped by [[Irvan Bone]] in a bout in Jakarta, Indonesia.
*[[Gyorgy Kincses]], 43, Hungarian welterweight, illness.
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*[[Marv Jensen]], 89, West Jordan, Utah boxing manager and trainer
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*[[Len Dittmar]], 81, Former Australian welterweight champion.
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*[[Johnny Brenda]], 85, Chester, Pennsylvania welterweight
*[[Nestor Carlos Jimenez]], 59, Colombian bantamweight contender, boxed from 1967 to 1981.
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*[[Joey Olguin]], 66, New Mexico Lightweight compiled a 24-4 record between 1959 and 1968, cancer.
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*[[Paul Sykes]], 60, British heavyweight, boxed from 1978 to 1980, illness.
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*[[Maurice Mancini]], 80, British lightweight, boxed from 1948 to 1953, illness.

== February 2007 ==
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*[[Rachman Kili Kili]], 32, Former Indonesian bantamweight champion, suicide (by hanging himself)
*[[Theo Mthembu]], 79, South African trainer and Featherweight of the 1950s
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*[[Eddie Giosa]], 82, Philadelphia lightweight contender of the late 1940s, compiled a record of 67-29-9 (11 KO) in career between 1943 and 1954, kidney failure.
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*[[Nelson Javier Galdamez]], 32, Argentine super flyweight & bantamweight, murdered by gunshot.
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*[[Ronnie Cohen]], 70, Welterweight from the late 1950s and early 1960s
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*[[Thamsanqa Dubase]], 20, South African Featherweight boxed in 2005 and 2006, murdered.

== January 2007 ==
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*[[Joe O'Connell]], 76, Baltimore, Maryland Light Heavyweight boxed from 1943 to 1954.
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*[[Johnny Williams]], 80, Rugby, England Heavyweight, held the British and Commonwealth Titles in boxing career between 1946 and 1956, compiling a record of 60-11-4 (38 KO).
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*[[Bernie Friedkin]], 91, Brooklyn, New York Lightweight, compiled a record of 48-11-16 in pro career between 1935 and 1940.
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*[[Bobby Claus]], 86, Buffalo, New York Welterweight, boxed from between 1941 and 1949.
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*[[Johnny Gonsalves]], 76, Oakland, California boxer of the 1950s and early '60s, the No. 1 lightweight contender for two years in the early 1950s, and World Boxing Hall of Fame inductee, of pneumonia.

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*[[Wyatt Frost]], 31, Topeka, Kansas welterweight who compiled a record of 1-4, suicide.

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*[[Tommy Burgoyne]], 68, Dunipace, Scotland, bantamweight of the 1960s who compiled a record of 15-36-2 (4), of a heart attack.
*[[Lilly Rodriguez]], 59, Los Angeles, California boxer and kickboxer during the 1970s, of renal failure.

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*[[Yvon Durelle]], 77, "The Fighting Fisherman" from Canada, best known for his Light Heavyweight title fight against [[Archie Moore]] in 1958. Died of complications from a stroke.
*[[Joachim Jacobsen]], 56, German referee and judge who worked many WBO title fights, of a heart attack suffered while vacationing in Indonesia.

== Internal Links ==
See also, [[:Category:Deaths By Year|Deaths By Year]]

Clarence Block

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Clarence E. Block, was born January 26, 1931 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Clarence later relocated to San Francisco, California with his Mother Audrey Beasley in the 1940's. Clarence E. Block passed away on January 13, 1994, in the City of Oakland, California.

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