Wallace 'Pearl' Henderson
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Wallace 'Pearl' Henderson died March 13, 1892, of injuries sustained during a bout with Charles Bell at Portland, OR, USA.
Two youths, aged 15 and 16, had a contest to see who was the better boxer. During the fight, both landed many good punches. After the decision was declared, Henderson collapsed into a coma. A doctor was summoned, and he arrived with the half hour, but it was too late. Cause of death was listed as "insufficiency of the contractable power of the right heart."
Source: Death under the Spotlight: The Manuel Velasquez Boxing Fatality Collection [1] (citing Portland Oregonian, March 14, 1892; Portland Oregonian, March 17, 1892)