Arthur Hosmer Linder
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Arthur Hosmer Linder died in 13 Feb. 1894 of injuries sustained while sparring with Arthur Foster at Cambridge, MA, USA.
The boxers were college students. Seven ounce gloves were worn. Linder was struck on the jaw. He congratulated Foster on the blow, then fell to the floor. Cause of death was listed as concussion of the brain. A scholarship was subsequently established in Linder's name at Harvard College
Source: Death under the Spotlight: The Manuel Velasquez Boxing Fatality Collection: [1] (citing New York Times, February 19, 1894; Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Journal, February 24, 1894; Secretary's Report, No. 1, Harvard College Class of 1895, 60, 176; "Alfred Hosmer Linder '95," [2])